U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt this week ordered the government to pay more than $2 million in damages over the death of ...

A federal judge has ruled that FBI Agent Gavin Lappe was negligent in the 2018 fatal shooting of Ulises Valladares during a ...

After a seven-year legal battle, a Houston judge ruled in favor of the family of Ulises Valladares, who was gunned down in ...

A federal judge awarded nearly $2 million in damages after ruling that an FBI agent was negligent when he shot and killed a kidnapped Texas man during a botched rescue effort.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ernesto Valladares, brother of Ulises Valladares, speaks to the ...

When FBI agents arrived at the place where a victim was being held for ransom, one agent fired two rounds, killing the man, who was blindfolded at the time.

A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages to the family of a kidnapped Houston man who was fatally shot by an ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages as part of a civil lawsuit after concluding an FBI agent was negligent when he fatally shot a kidnapped Texas man during a ...

The family of 47-year-old Ulises Valladares filed a lawsuit in Houston federal court alleging their loved one had been helpless as he was bound and blindfolded when FBI agent Gavin Lappe shot him ...