Courtesy Arturo Olivarez, El Cenizo, TX – Today, U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D. (TX-28) announced $1,150,000 in Congressionally directed funding for the El Cenizo Street Improvements Project. The funds will be used to pave Morales Street and Hernandez Street in El Cenizo, which are vulnerable to flooding and hazardous to residents. Good, quality roads have

Courtesy Victoria Luna, Laredo, TX (Webb County) – On Sunday, August 6, 2023, at approximately 11:55 p.m., the Webb County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop by the 18-mile marker of I.H 35. The driver, a 23-year-old female was questioned. Upon closer inspection of the vehicle, a bag in the trunk contained $20,000 of cash

Courtesy Eddie Zavala, Former Border Patrol agent to serve two consecutive life sentences Laredo, TX (Webb County) – Ronald Anthony Burgos Avilés, the former United States Border Patrol agent who was found guilty of murdering Grizelda Hernandez and his son, was transferred this morning to the Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, where he will

Courtesy Brigette Garay, Laredo, Texas–The District Attorney’s Office reports that a jury sitting in the 49th District Court find Ronald Anthony Burgos-Aviles guilty of capital murder of person under 10 years F/X and Capital Murder of Multiple Persons F/X. The jury was able to consider all the evidence presented from the guilt and innocence phase

Courtesy Victoria Luna, Laredo, TX (Webb County) – On Saturday, May 13, 2023, at approximately 9:50 p.m., Webb County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a shots fired call at a party place by the 100 block of Los Altos Drive. Upon arrival, deputies detained several male subjects involved in the physical altercation after it was learned

Courtesy Eddie Zavala, Laredo, TX (Webb County) – Sheriff’s Office correctional officers intercepted two clear bags containing cocaine and one clear bag containing fentanyl that was intended to make its way into the Webb County Jail. During intake procedures, Monica Yvette Lopez, 46, underwent a full body scan that detected she was hiding the two

Courtesy Brigette Garay, (Laredo, Texas)-The Webb and Zapata District Attorney’s Office reports that a jury sitting in the 341st District Court found Ricardo Jimenez guilty of Sexual abuse of a child/continuous victim under 14 years old. On February 6, 2014, the Webb County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a woman wanting to file a

Courtesy Victoria Luna, Laredo, TX (Webb County) – On Thursday, June 8, 2023, at approximately 3:35 pm, Webb County Sheriff’s Office investigators recovered a second stolen backhoe that was reported stolen out of Houston, Texas. Criminal Investigations Division Investigators arrived at a warehouse on Mines Road after launching a search on a prior theft of