The Latest Breaking News from Laredo

The Tribune and a host of news organizations are seeking records related to a January raid on U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s Laredo home.

One of them is in Laredo, which has elevated rates of cancer, according to a recent state analysis. The findings come after reporting by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott struck a deal with a local Mexican official Wednesday to ease trade into Laredo, Texas, after outcry from Biden administration officials and Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar about the state’s increased border inspections in Cuellar’s hometown. Under the agreement, unveiled Wednesday evening, Gov. Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda…

Truckers are blocking the Mexico-Texas border after Abbott deployed state troopers to inspect vehicles

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

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.

Whichever party wants to rule the state has to understand that the Latino voting bloc is not homogenous

In a close contest, Representative Henry Cuellar missed outright victory.

Guns, abortion, AOC, older Latino voters and an FBI all play a role in the Democratic primary in this border district, writes Eric Garcia