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Texas Quietly Shut Operation Lone Star Booking Facility in Del Rio

The Val Verde facility closed due to reduced jail overcrowding and enhanced state-federal border security, with DPS officers averaging nearly 100 arrests per week, officials said.

Summary by The Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

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Texas quietly shut Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio

Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

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Texas quietly shuttered Operation Lone Star booking facility

Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.

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The Texas Tribune broke the news in Austin, United States on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
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