Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Over a dozen departments help keep community informed (McAllen, Texas)-Earlier today, the City of McAllen honored the Office of Communications Department, as well as the dedicated individuals of the Employee Wellness, Fire, Human Resources, Keep McAllen Beautiful, McAllen Public Library, McAllen Convention Center, Parks & Recreation, Police, Public Works, Quinta Mazatlán, Recycling,

Courtesy Jennifer Gutierez LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized hard narcotics that totaled over $9,500,000 in street value. “Officers in the cargo environment interdicted and seized millions worth in alleged methamphetamine, an addictive synthetic stimulant that causes a significant number of deaths nationwide,”

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – As Valentine’s Day rapidly approaches, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s highly skilled agriculture specialists and officers across more than 328 ports of entry continue to dutifully examine hundreds of millions of arriving cut flower stems to ensure that plant diseases and plant pests are detected and stopped from being

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Laredo Port of Entry last night successfully apprehended a bus passenger wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for a sex-related offense involving a child. “Our frontline CBP officers continue to maintain their vigilance and apprehended a man wanted on a felony warrant

Courtesy Arturo Olivarez, Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) celebrated the House passage of his bill renaming the Del Mar Post Office in Laredo after local, fallen military heroes Lance Corporal David Lee Espinoza, Lance Corporal Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez, and Sergeant Roberto Arizola, Jr. H.R. 2754 will now head to the

Courtesy Arturo Olivarez, Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) voted to pass H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024. The legislation will now head to the Senate. “The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act is a bipartisan measure that provides much-needed tax cuts to

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge and Colombia-Solidarity Bridge seized hard narcotics over the weekend, that totaled over $3,600,000 in street value. “CBP officers did a phenomenal job in interdicting these illicit narcotics at our port of entry,” said Port Director Alberto

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized a significant amount of tramadol within a commercial truck. “Frontline officers at the World Trade Bridge demonstrated exceptional effort in successfully disrupting this smuggling attempt,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry.