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ELECTRIK RED ADDED TO AKON/FLO-RIDA CONCERT

May 13, 2009 (Laredo, TX) The Laredo Entertainment Center announced today that they have added an all-girl group to the line-up for the much anticipated Akon/ Flo-Rida concert in the 1st annual Summer Jam Series. ELECTRIK RED is an up & coming group that is comprised of four independent, strong-minded women that have been making their way up on the Hot 100 Billboard charts, and have already been featured on MTV’s Top 20 video picks.
Throughout the history of pop music, few things have been more important than the relationship between …

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Laredo Mayor Raul Salinas to Appear on Good Morning America

Originally scheduled to air on Thursday, the interview “was pulled from air this morning because of breaking news,” Said Sheila Evans, producer for ABC’s Good Morning America.
It is scheduled to air during Friday’s show.
Mayor Salinas will be interviewed by reporter Jon Karl regarding recent stimulus package funding for border ports, which seems to have left off the Port of Laredo, the nation’s largest inland port, while favoring instead smaller ports along the Canadian border who sometimes see only two cars a day.
Mayor Salinas talks …

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[13 May 2009 | One Comment | ]
Arrested For False Use of ID

On March 20, 2009, Christopher Neil Johnson, out of Houston, Texas, filed a Police Report with the Laredo Police Department after he found that his social security number had been fraudulently used to finance a motorcycle. He was contacted by the finance company after the payments were delinquent. When he was informed that someone had purchased a motorcycle in Laredo, Texas, he immediately contacted our Police Dept.
The investigation was assigned to the Laredo Police Department Crimes Against Property Division. Police investigators contacted the local motorcycle dealership. They discovered that suspect …