Special to the Advance LAREDO — A 32-yearold Laredo man has pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Texans across the state rely on public transit, and new funding from the Texas Department of Transportation will help provide access and expand service for people to get to jobs, school, medical appointments, and other important destinations.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Pharr International Bridge, intercepted 3,429.40 pounds of alleged methamphetamine concealed within a tractor trailer.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals last Tuesday ruled that the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande last year to deter illegal migration could remain. The fight over the barrier is one of many broader, hard-fought legal and political battles over the state’s authority to control the flow of migrants at the border.
At least eight gunmen walked up to a white SUV being parked by a Matamoros business leader, Julio Cesar Almanza Armas, last Tuesday afternoon and fired approximately eight rounds through the driver’s side window, killing him instantly, according to multiple news reports published last week. (AP, CBS, Breitbart.com.)
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