[3] On October 8, 2015, the United Kingdom's Daily Mail newspaper released a false article about the security conditions of the region due to the proximity of Hidalgo County, Texas with Reynosa, Tamaulipas, in Mexico.
On October 11, 2015, the Hidalgo County Sheriff called out the inaccurate reporting done by the Daily Mail for their flawed story about life on the Texas border.
Specifically, the Sheriff mentioned “we are disappointed in the inaccuracies of this report by the Daily Mail and the misleading perception that it created by describing McAllen and Hidalgo County as areas where Texas residents can hear gunshots at all hours of the day and even spot heavily armed drug smugglers in their streets after dark”.
[5] The drug conspiracy charges against the members, including the head of the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Crimestoppers unit, date back to early 2009.
[8] Sheriff Treviño has stated that "personally and professionally," Dec. 12, 2012, the day many of the lawmen were arrested by the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was "my 9/11.
On Christmas Eve of 2013, Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Commander Jose Padilla was indicted on drug and money laundering charges.