Progreso News

The city commission named Jose Perez Jr., who formerly led the Edcouch Police Department, to its top cop spot Wednesday night.

Ft. Meyers, FL - The mother of an Oregon woman found dead in a Nuevo Progreso motel is talking about the man accused of helping the woman "end" her life.

Virginia Townsend still gets phone calls to complain about voter fraud more than a month after the municipal elections.

Sotero was born April 22, 1936 in Mercedes, TX and was a butcher by trade for many years.

Diana Trevio and Pedro Castillo Rivera have reported themselves or each other missing at least three times in the last two weeks.

The central portion of the Democracy Bridge, which spans the largest river in Honduras, the Ulua, collapsed in the city of El Progreso after a strong earthquake hit early Thursday morning.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano commended today the seizure of 630 kilograms of cocaine by Mexican customs officials at Mexico City International Airport using non-intrusive screening equipment also utilized by DHS and training provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

A Las Vegas man was ordered held without bond Friday for trying to smuggle the same type of animal tranquilizers into the country that he may have used hours earlier to help an Oregon woman commit suicide in a Mexican motel.

A Las Vegas man today was ordered held without bond for allegedly trying to smuggle the same type of animal tranquilizers authorities say may have been used hours before to help an Oregon woman commit suicide in a Mexican motel.

An overdose of a powerful animal tranquilizer caused the death of an Oregon woman found dead earlier this week in a Nuevo Progreso hotel room, Mexican police officials said Wednesday.

Authorities arrested City Manager Alfredo Espinosa late Tuesday night after he was allegedly driving drunk in a city vehicle.

The Progreso city administrator is behind bars at this hour. Alfredo Espinoza was arrested overnight.

A Las Vegas man, arrested Monday and accused of smuggling powerful animal tranquilizers from Mexico, told federal agents he needed them to help people commit suicide, according to court documents.

U.S. customs officers seized $20,000 from a pickup truck headed toward Mexico at the Progreso-Nuevo Progreso International Bridge on Sunday morning.

She was born July 21, 1915 to Jesus De la Garza and Guadalupe Garza De la Garza in Linares N.L. Mexico.

Staff and students at some Valley schools are getting ready to get back to class.

MCALLEN a ' For the second time this week, inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection Service have arrested several McAllen area men allegedly involved in mailing packages containing marijuana through the U.S. Mail system, acting United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

The Rio Grande Valley's swine flu panic started over the weekend and continued growing.

Following on the heels of one of the most anticipated presidential elections in history, the May 9 elections may not seem like much.

By May, orange barrels will pop up across Hidalgo County, compliments of the massive federal stimulus bill.