A California man who co-founded one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Read: Read More
Border Report – Miner rescued after 2 weeks in flooded Sinaloa mine
A miner was rescued Wednesday after being trapped for nearly 14 days following a collapse in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa, authorities said in a statement. Read: Read More
Border Report – A Nevada judge ruled ICE can’t lock up everyone facing deportation. Here’s what it means.
The Trump administration reversed decades of immigration policy last summer when it determined that ICE must lock up nearly everyone facing deportation, even if they’ve lived in the country for decades and…
Border Report – Congo to receive third-country deportees from US under new deal
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo will receive some migrants as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program, its government said Sunday, the latest such African nation to receive…
Border Report – Guatemalan man pleads guilty in truck crash that killed over 50 migrants
The Justice Department statement said the dead included unaccompanied children. Read: Read More
Border Report – Texas House discusses the rising needs of data centers
The Texas House State Affairs Committee heard testimony from ERCOT and data center representatives on the need for a streamlined approval process for data centers to connect to the grid, as well…
KTSM News – El Paso sees over 4K school voucher applications; public, private educators weigh in on what it means
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — As the state rolls out the Texas Education Freedom Accounts – a new school voucher program – data from the Texas comptroller is shedding light on who…
Texas Monthly – Texas’ highest criminal court overturns sentence of inmate who has been on death row for 47 years
Clarence Curtis Jordan’s attorney said the intellectually disabled man didn’t have a lawyer to work on his behalf for nearly four decades. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas education board gives preliminary OK to required reading list that includes Bible material
The board will have multiple opportunities to revise the list before a final vote in June. Before recent changes, the proposal’s length, lack of diversity and Christian focus received criticism. Read: Read…
KTSM News – Niece of ‘Night Stalker’ releases book on her struggle, journey, tale of survival
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The world knows serial killer Richard Ramirez as the “Night Stalker,” a man who terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s with a killing spree. To Rosie Juarez,…