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Human Smugglers Bypass Border Patrol, Bedeviling Sheriffs And Ranchers In South Texas By John Burnett  April 24, 2021 When immigration policy changes in Washington, D.C., it’s felt immediately on the Jones Ranch, located an hour’s drive north of the Rio Grande in South Texas. Whit Jones III — in a mud-spattered hat and spurs — drives his pickup along a rural highway, pointing out all the repairs where smuggling vehicles plowed through his fences. “A lot of times they come and hit these gates,” he says, motioning to a mangled metal gate. “You can see it’s been knocked down a b...

Human Smugglers Bypass Border Patrol, Bedeviling Sheriffs And Ranchers In South Texas Saturday, April 24, 2021 Zapata County Sheriff Raymundo Del Bosque says they used to have one car chase and bailout of unauthorized immigrants a week; now they have one a day. John Burnett / NPR When immigration policy changes in Washington, D.C., it's felt immediately on the Jones Ranch, located an hour's drive north of the Rio Grande in South Texas. Whit Jones III — in a mud-spattered hat and spurs — drives his pickup along a rural highway, pointing out all the repairs where smuggling veh...

Agriculture your username 4 hours ago The Fifth Circuit affirmed a Southern District of Texas decision on Wednesday, ruling that the $2 million restitution fine should be given to Stewart Kile Williams, who pled guilty to wire fraud after reportedly claiming to broker cattle deals, taking the money, and “disappearing the herd.”  Wednesday’s opinion began with a question from the 1984 Wendy’s commercial, “Where’s the beef?” with the Fifth Circuit saying that is the question presented to them. Williams challenged the fees against him in the appellate court arguing that the United...

Sweetwater Man Responsible for Multiple Fraud Schemes 31-Year-Old Stewart Kile Williams of Sweetwater, Texas, could spend dozens of years behind bars for perpetuating two multi-million dollar fraud schemes that involved fake identities and forged documents. Williams was in charge of selling a select number of cattle to the Wyatt Ranch when he lied to Jones Ranch management about Wyatt wanting to purchase more cattle than they originally agreed to. Behind the scenes, Williams used another person's identity to create a false email account and forged invoices. He tricked both Jones and Wyatt in...