Border Patrol: Men scaled Hidalgo border fence with marijuana bundles

By Sergio Chapa
Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:53 a.m.

Four men accused of scaling the Hidalgo border fence with several bundles of marijuana will face a judge on Tuesday.

A Border Patrol agent spotted a group of 10 to 15 people climbing over the border wall south of the Old Hidalgo Pumphouse this past Wednesday night.

Federal court records show that the men were seen carrying several bundles and running into a trailer park off Levee Street in Hidalgo.

Border Patorl agents recovered about 390 pounds of marijuana arrested the following four men at the scene under federal drug charges:

Juan Carlos Perez
Ismael Cosme, Jr.
Javier Resendez-Garcia,
Reynato Santana-Vista

Court records show that Perez and Cosme are American citizens from Hidalgo, Texas while Resendez-Garcia and Santana-Vista are Mexican nationals from Reynaosa, Tamaulipas.

The four men remain in custody but are expected to appeared at a bond/detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dorina Ramons in McAllen at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

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