Reynosa, Mexico News

Joanne Sandy remembers her reaction when the Illinois budget crisis forced her off the job at Bethany for Children & Families this week.

Methode Electronics, Inc. , a global designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical devices, today announced operating results for the fiscal-year 2009 fourth quarter and year ended May 2, 2009.

Officers found 20 pounds of cocaine in the front bumper of car at the Pharr-Reynosa international bridge.

As the demand for illegal drugs continues to provide a profitable market in the United States, drug-related violence jars both sides of the border.

Mexican soldiers have captured a suspected drug cartel operator with a list of the names of local police officers who apparently received payoffs, the army said Saturday.

A new international bridge to Mexico is set to open October 2009 in the South Texas city of Mission, Texas.

Mexican drug violence and recent law enforcement crackdowns elsewhere on the border may be shifting the drug smuggling landscape in the Rio Grande Valley, a recent law enforcement report suggests.

Authorities arrested two men after they freed three allegedly kidnapped men last weekend, according to a Mexican military statement.

After running a gantlet of criminal gangs and corrupt police, immigrants arrive here by the thousands each month determined to cross illegally into Texas, even if it means exposing themselves to treacherous smugglers who kidnap and threaten their families.

Trucks from across the United States roll into McAllen with goods destined for Reynosa, Mexico.

As tons of metal and concrete rise across the Rio Grande, workers are busily making final preparations for the opening of a new international crossing that will bring travelers and truckers through the area.

McALLEN, Texas -- Trucks from across the United States roll into McAllen with goods destined for Reynosa, Mexico.

Soldiers arrested five men Monday after they found more than 1,600 pounds of marijuana along with weapons, ammunition and vehicles, according to a Mexican army statement.

Penske Logistics, a warehousing and shipping company, has notified state officials it may lay off 100 workers in the next 60 to 90 days, a company spokesman said.

Local U.S. Border Patrol agents are on pace to smash their record for marijuana seizures across the Rio Grande Valley - a consequence of more agents on the ground and greater drug supplies pushing across the region, agents say.

It was something Juan Sauceda had never experienced in six years as a firefighter - a controlled training environment.

Should your manufacturing platform be in China or Mexico? There are go-betweens in Dallas who are asking themselves this question.

A patrol on the Mexican side of the border in Reynosa. The following report was written by Gary Martin of the Hearst Newspapers' Washington bureau.

The reason the couple fled from Mexico and swam across was all for their baby. The couple doesn't want to be identified because they fear for their lives, but they say they were working on a ranch in Tampico, Mexico and found out their boss and his wife had a bad side.

Fears of stalled commerce and travel didn't materialize at U.S. border crossings Monday as people stayed home or were gently warned on the first day of stricter identification requirements for Americans returning from Mexico and Canada.