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Rail Insider-Union Pacific devotes vast resources in Texas to pursue cross-border traffic. Informati

February 2016

Rail News: Union Pacific Railroad

Cross–border traffic into and out of Mexico currently generates about 10 percent of UP's annual volume.

By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor

There are 12 millions cows in Texas, which leads the nation in herded cattle. There's something else roaming the state in large numbers, too: trucks.

Texas tops the United States in the volume of freight trucked to and from Mexico, where manufacturing is booming. A microcosm of the state's massive t ... Read more

Woman killed in explosion in Quemado

QUEMADO, Texas – According to bilingual news medium “Conexion Del Rio,” 69-year-old Lucila Robles was killed in an explosion that happened near Quemado in Maverick County this week.

The explosion happened Monday morning. A tractor- ... Read more

Drone footage shows streams of migrants cross border into Te

Shocking drone footage shows migrants streaming across the U.S.-Mexico border into Eagle Pass, Texas, virtually unimpeded.

The footage, captured by Fox News with thermal imaging cameras, is just one example of the daily mass crossings re ... Read more

Searching the Sky: 2024 total solar eclipse

David Baumgartner writes about his plan to go to Texas in 2024.

This column was provided by San Benito resident and amateur astronomer David Baumgartner as part of a local series on astronomy.

My first total solar eclipse I ... Read more

Texas Rep. Gonzales blasts Mayorkas for border chaos in his district: 'Change is coming'

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican, stood next to the future Speaker of the House during a press conference on Tuesday at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and called for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Gonzales, a veteran, represents a district in Texas that spans over 800 miles along the border that is porous and notorious for illegal immigrants entering the U.S.

To help shed light on the illegal immigration issue, Gonzales said he has hosted 16 border trips with officials.Read more

Texas border crackdown is disproportionately targeting Latin

DPS troopers most recently stopped him on July 7 while he was driving his neighbor, who has some dementia, around town in the pickup. He recorded the encounter.

The trooper, who was with a trainee, told Lozano his license plate number wa ... Read more

Air Force pilot killed at Laughlin AFB, Texas

A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed, and two others injured, during a “mishap” at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas.

The pilot has been identified as 2nd Lt. Anthony D. Wentz, 23, who was a student pilot with the 47th Student Squadron. ... Read more

Laughlin welcomes Del Rio, Ciudad Acuña civic leaders

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Laughlin welcomed civic leaders from Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, to the base during a tour Nov. 1, 2022, to showcase the base’s mission of producing combat-ready Airmen, leaders, and pilots.
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