Twelve migrants have been charged with assaulting two federal correctional officers in a detention facility near the South Texas border.
The alleged attack took place in January 2025. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, ten Mexican nationals and two Guatemalan nationals, all men, "aided and abetted" the assault of two federal corrections officers at the East Hidalgo Detention Center in the city of La Villa, which is a 40-minute drive north from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, authorities said.
