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Binational effort is fixing chronic pollution problem on the Rio Grande

Nuevo Laredo was dumping millions of gallons of sewage a day into the Rio Grande. The U.S. and Mexico worked together to find a solution.

The Texas Tribune

‘There is history here’: For Laredo’s baseball team, the US/Mexico border is their true hometown

Los Tecolotes represent two cities called Laredo, but the Mexican league team’s roots run deep all along the border

The Guardian - US

Migrant With 'Lengthy Criminal History' Caught In Texas Trying To Smuggle 5,000 High-Caliber Rounds To Cartels

According to court records, the driver told investigators that he was transporting the ammunition to an individual who would then smuggle it into Mexico

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Top Cartel Del Noroeste Leader Will Remain In Prison After Being Arrested Close To The Border

"El Ricky" was arrested this week. He's accused of leading several operations against law enforcement, including an attack on the Mexican Army

Latin Times

Second-In-Command For Cartel Del Noroeste And Leader Of 'Los Chukys' Arrested In Nuevo Laredo

"El Ricky" is responsible for an attack against military personnel in the state of Nuevo Leon that resulted in two soldier deaths

Latin Times

A violent start to the term of Mexico's new president raises questions about strategy, the army

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, in just over three weeks in office, has inherited a whirlwind of violence that many say was set up by her predecessor's policy of not confronting drug cartels and using the army for law-enforcement

The Independent UK

Mexico President Acknowledges Civilian Deaths In Border City Shootouts

Recent shootouts in Nuevo Laredo raise questions about the military's role in law enforcement in Mexico, amidst civilian and soldier casualties.

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Mexican president acknowledges army killings of 3 civilians in a violent border city

Mexico’s new president acknowledged Tuesday that three civilians including a child died in two shootouts involving the military last week in a violent border city

The Independent UK

Mexico's largest convenience store chain will reopen 191 stores in border city hit by gang threats

Mexico’s largest convenience store chain says it will reopen 191 stores in the border city of Nuevo Laredo that it had closed last week because of drug cartel threats

The Independent UK

Mexican business leader is killed in border town after complaining about cartel extorsions on TV

Oxxo, Mexico's largest chain of convenience stores, closed 191 stores in the city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, due to cartel violence

Latin Times

Extortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations and business leaders in Mexico

Even Mexico's largest corporations are now being hit by demands for protection payments from drug cartels, and gangs are increasingly trying to control the sales, distribution and pricing of certain goods

The Independent UK

Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos thrive hosting baseball games in the U.S. and Mexico

LAREDO, Texas — When the Mexican-American War ended in 1848 and land on the northern side of the Rio Grande River became part of the U.S., the people of Laredo celebrated their place in a democracy by holding a referendum.

Los Angeles Times

US: Online asylum appointments halted at 1 Texas crossing because of Mexican city's safety woes

The Biden administration says the reason it halted online asylum appointments at the international crossing in Laredo, Texas was because of the “security situation” across the border in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo

The Independent UK

US halts online asylum appointments at Texas crossing after extortion warnings

U.S. authorities have halted mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants are being extorted there

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Mexican president: Soldiers apparently executed five men, will face prosecution

Mexico’s president has described the slayings of five men caught on security camera footage as an apparent “execution” by soldiers, and has vowed that the perpetrators would face justice

Reuters

Mexican National Guard suspected of killing pregnant teenager -state official

Members of Mexico's National Guard are suspected of killing two civilians this weekend in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a pregnant teenager, a state official and local media said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Activist appears targeted at Mexican president's press brief

A human rights activist in Mexico’s dangerous northern border city of Nuevo Laredo says he suspects the Mexican army — and the government in general — are behind claims linking him to a drug cartel

Reuters

Exclusive-Three migrants were kidnapped in Mexico. The U.S. had vowed to protect them

Three asylum seekers were kidnapped in April while in a U.S. migration program that had placed them in the care of Mexican officials in the city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, one of the victims and the U.N. migration agency said.

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Texas border town Laredo mobilises to give its Mexican neighbors Covid shots the state isn’t using

Cross-border effort using donated vaccines gives Nuevo Laredo residents thousands of Covid shots per day

The Independent UK

US orders Americans not to travel to Mexico district after violent reaction to arrest of suspected cartel boss

At least one person not involved with the cartels was killed in the shootout

Reuters

U.S. State Dept reissues travel advisory for Mexico, cites Nuevo Laredo violence

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday reissued a travel advisory for Mexico, warning Americans not to travel to the state of Tamaulipas following violence near the U.S. embassy in Nuevo Laredo.

Reuters

Mexico says U.S. consulate in Nuevo Laredo to temporarily close after gunfire

The United States consulate in the city of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas state will be temporarily closed to the public after gunshots against its offices Mexican and military premises were reported, the Mexican government said Monday.

Reuters

U.S. consulate in Mexico to temporarily close following gunfire after gang boss arrest

The U.S. consulate in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo will close temporarily after it was hit by gunfire overnight, and trailers were set ablaze on roads downtown after a gang leader's arrest, authorities said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Mexico's efforts paltry in face of nearly 100,000 missing

For the investigators, the human foot -- burned, but with some fabric still attached -- was the tipoff: Until recently, this squat, ruined house was a place where bodies were ripped apart and incinerated, where the remains of some of Mexico’s missing were obliterated

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