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San Benito resident gets more than 11 years for moving cocaine

Special to the NEWS McALLEN – Jose Ignacio Acosta, a 42-year-old resident alien from Mexico residing in San Benito, has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Acosta previously pleaded guilty to coordinating the transportation …

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Rio Hondo man gets 50 years for murder

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com BROWNSVILLE – The 13th Court of Appeals affirmed the June 2013 murder conviction and sentence of Rio Hondo resident Eric Christopher Gonzalez, who struck and killed a woman and severely injured her husband in a 2011 motor vehicle collision while Gonzalez was evading Harlingen police. According to a …

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