Ricardo Urdiales Candidate for Justice of the Peace Pct.2 Place 1 marked the end of early voting with a dance on Friday immediately after the polls closed.  Supporters of Ricardo Urdiales enjoyed the music of Conjunto Legend Edgar Vazquez y Sus Muchachos.  Food and refreshments were served throughout the evening as guests arrived.  The event took place at his headquarters at Paradise Elegant Reception Hall at Los Presidentes.  Ricardo Urdiales reminds you that this Tuesday March 2nd is Election Day if you need a ride to the polls or information as to …

 
 Laredo, Texas (Webb County) – On Wednesday, February 24th, 2010, at approximately 10 p.m.,  Webb County Sheriff’s Deputies
initiated a traffic stop Northbound on Highway 83 South.  Sheriff’s Deputies discovered 12 large bundles of  green leafy substance in the bed of the pickup truck, believed to be marijuana. The bundles were stacked under several animal feed bags, after further investigation, Deputies also discovered $2,042.94 in cash. The marijuana had an approximate weight of 424.8 pounds with an estimated street value of $215,000.  Arrested was Jesus Mata, 57, of Laredo, Texas. Mata …

Courtesy Joe Baeza,
 Special Investigations Unit is asking for the community’s help in locating two sex offenders that failed to comply with the Sex Offender Requirements.  Robert Lee Tunal, 24, and Jose Lopez Jr, 68, have outstanding warrants of arrest for failure to comply with sex offender requirements Felony 3.  If anyone knows the whereabouts of these individuals you are asked to contact the Laredo Police Department at 795-2800.  All calls are anonymous.

 Don’t miss Clash of the Badges this Sunday February 28th at the UISD Student Activity Center on Hwy. 359.  Kick-off is at 3p.m.  Tickets are $5 pre-sale or $8 at the gate children 5 and under go in free.  For ticket information call 237-2090.

Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
 Vector Utility will be laying fiber optic lines for AT&T at the intersection of Salinas and Lincoln; forcing the closure of Salinas and Hidalgo and Lincoln and Juarez.  The road closure will begin on Monday, March 1, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. and will conclude at midnight.  The same section of road will be closed on Tuesday, March 2, 2010, also from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Courtesy Maru De La Paz,
 Laredo, Texas (Webb County) – On February 26, 2010, a narcotics investigation by the Webb County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with The Laredo Police Department and The Federal Bureau of Investigation led Sheriff’s Deputies to a residence located at the 2500 block of Zaragoza where 30.6 grams of cocaine with an estimated street value of $2,000.00 along with 1.9 grams of heroin with an estimated street value of $400.00 along with Drug Paraphernalia were seized.  This seizure indicates that street level amounts of narcotics were being sold …

Courtesy Joe Baeza,
On February 25, 2010 at approximately 8:15 pm, 911 Dispatch received a call of a suspicious vehicle by Prada-machine /Pamplona.  As officers arrived they observed a van by Murcia and Lugo. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle but the van refused to stop and a pursuit began.  The pursuit went south on Salamanca and during the pursuit, officers saw 4 persons jumping out and also being pushed out of the van.  The pursuit ended by Lopez De Vega and Gen. Franco.  The van was intentionally braking trying to …

Courtesy Joe Baeza,
The Laredo Police Department Crimes Against Person Unit is looking for this subject for questioning in connection with the Murder that occurred at Bruni Plaza on February 7th, 2010. This person is approximately 25-35 years of age, brown hair and brown eyes. He is approximately 5’ 5” tall and wears a cloth pendant as seen on the composite. Information provided is that he rides a blue adult bicycle. He is known to frequent the west side of Laredo. The subject also has scratches to both arms and right …

Courtesy Ashley Patterson,
Border Chairman Presses CBP to Deploy UAV Along Texas-Mexico Border
Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, has requested Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to move swiftly without delay in placing an unmanned aerial vehicle along the Texas-Mexico Border to help gather critical intelligence information to combat drug trafficking, weapons smuggling and potential terrorism threats.
 The UAV would be the first of its kind in Texas and would monitor the southern border along the Rio Grande . …

Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
First ever Central American Business Round Table Conference to help develop trade to Laredo
 The City of Laredo is on a mission to help boost its position as the nation’s number one inland port by welcoming members of the Central American business community to the Gateway City for an historic Central American Business Round Table Conference, so that they may discover the Port of Laredo’s efficiencies and lower costs of handling trade from around the globe.
Starting on Wednesday, February 24 and concluding on Friday, February 26, the City of …