Troopers sent to border arrest more drunk drivers than drug smugglers
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (KXAN) — When Nellie Mares and her husband moved to Rio Grande City 40 years ago, it was a place rooted in religion and filled with possibility for their children. Today, it is overrun with bail bondsmen, attorneys and an army of state troopers watching residents very closely.
“Well, sometimes it’s good,” Nellie pondered. “Sometimes, it’s not.”
Sitting on the couch with her son, Nickolas, 45, in the living room of their small, cinder block home, Nellie recalled a night in April 2015 when the phone on rang.
“All my kids are good,” she said. “They’ve never been in jail.”
A trooper had pulled Nickolas over on a stretch of road just north of the river separating their town from Mexico. Nickolas’ pickup truck had no front license plate.
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