Tag: Mexico

Police: Runaway girl most likely in Mexico

By PETE BANDA Staff Writer Reporter@sbnewspaper.com A 15-year-old girl from San Benito has been declared a runaway and is expected to be in Mexico with her boyfriend, officials say. According to a press release from the San Benito Police Department, Antonia Juana Manzano has been missing since April 16 and the SBPD along with her family …

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Sexual assault suspect nabbed at International Bridge

NEWS Staff Report BROWNSVILLE – A man was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge on Sunday, April 27 for an incident that occurred in San Benito. According to the CBP, agents apprehended 42-year-old Onorio Ramos on an active arrest warrant for sexual assault from San Benito. …

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Search ongoing for kidnapped Marine from SB

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The investigation into the kidnapping of United States Marine and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran Armando Torres III is ongoing. It’s been reported that Torres, 25, was kidnapped on May 14 in La Barranca in Tamaulipas, Mexico, after driving across the International Port of Entry Bridge at Progreso to …

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Ex-minister accused of sexual abuse eludes police

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Local authorities fear that the trail has gone cold in the search for Edwin Talavera, the ex-minister and former Stonewall Jackson apartment manager wanted on multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. It’s been two months since investigators with the San Benito Police Department announced that U.S. …

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Police fear child abuse suspect fled country

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police officers believe the man wanted for the aggravated sexual assault of two underage girls may have fled the country. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said that the suspect, Edwin Talavera, the 37-year-old former Stonewall Jackson apartment manager and minister of a …

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