President Donald Trump said Friday that a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang.
The Big Apple. The Windy City. The City of Angels. A city’s nickname often reflects its history, identity, and place in the national conversation. Deep in South Texas, there’s the Gateway City. For Laredo, that title stems from a simple reality: location, location, location. That role is now at the heart of a debate over a proposal to gradually raise bridge tolls, a plan city leaders say will fund future improvements and growth, but it is one that has also drawn questions from the community.
A Mexican national living illegally in Laredo has been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material after targeting a local girl on social media.
Two Guatemalan nationals have pleaded guilty for their roles in a mass casualty human smuggling operation that killed more than 50 people in southern Mexico in 2021.
A man who opened fire in the West Texas city of Midland in an attack Friday morning that left one person dead and 10 injured had shot at police just days earlier during a chase, authorities said.
