Churches receive warning letters

Rio Hondo police investigators are looking into threats made before Easter Sunday against churches in the city.

Rio Hondo Police Chief Humberto Barrera said three churches received letters with threats before the religious holiday, but declined to elaborate further on the case so as to not jeopardize the investigation, he said.

"We were looking at possible suspects," he said. "It is an ongoing investigation."

On Easter Sunday, parishioners saw Cameron County Sheriff’s deputies, constables and Rio Hondo police officers patrolling and guarding St. Helen’s Catholic Church and First Baptist Church.