EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A former Border Patrol agent who solicited a $5,000 bribe to help a woman with her “papers” has been sentenced to prison. Fernando Castillo, 42, of El Paso,…
Tech Crunch – AI chip startup DEEPX secures $80M Series C at a $529M valuation
The Series C funding, which brings its total raise to around $95 million, will go toward mass production of the startup’s inaugural products © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
El Paso Matters – Socorro ISD board member Pablo Barrera arrested on 8 charges
Socorro school board member Pablo Barrera was arrested Thursday on four felony and four misdemeanor charges, jail records show. Barrera, 39, was booked Thursday on four counts of obstruction or retaliation, two…
Border Report – Mexico tightens travel rules on Peruvians in a show of visa diplomacy to slow migration to US
BOULEVARD, Calif. (AP) — Julia Paredes believed her move to the United States might be now or never. Mexico was days from requiring visas for Peruvian visitors. If she didn’t act quickly,…
Border Report – China and US resume cooperation on deportation as Chinese immigrants rush in from southern border
WASHINGTON (AP) — Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following…
Border Report – DOJ and civil rights groups sue Iowa over law that lets police arrest migrants
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department sued Iowa on Thursday over its new law that would give the state the authority to arrest and deport some migrants, making it the second…
Border Report – Biden administration will seek partial end to special court oversight of child migrants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration will seek to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants traveling alone, shortly after producing its own…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – SISD TRUSTEE PABLO BARRERA ARRESTED, CISD MAY HAVE VIOLATED OPEN MEETING LAWS
It is difficult to keep up with the administrative chaos and financial mismanagement in our local school districts, but we do our best. Today we learned that Pablo Barrera, Socorro ISD Trustee…
Tech Crunch – Infighting among fintech players has caused TabaPay to ‘pull out’ from buying bankrupt Synapse
A dust-up between Evolve Bank & Trust, Mercury and Synapse has led TabaPay to abandon its acquisition plans of troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
KTSM News – Socorro ISD Trustee arrested for official oppression, other charges
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A member of the Socoro Independent School District Board of Trustees was arrested Thursday, May 9 for official oppression and other related charges, according to court records….