Tamaulipas, Mexico News

Funeral arrangements for Victoria Guadalupe Gonzalez, 78, who passed away on Thursday are under the direction of Thomae-Garza Funeral Directors.

Universal access to a swine flu vaccine remains a "critical question," the World Health Organization said Friday.

Varel International has expanded the company's current roller cone manufacturing facility in Matamoros, Mexico, through the addition of a new state-of-the-art tungsten carbide insert production facility.

A man will face charges here related to impregnating an 11-year-old girl after being arrested in Texas in early June, officials said.

A 10-count indictment has been unsealed, charging Brent A. Carter and Michael N. Swetnam Jr., with conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today.

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.

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 and freed three apparent kidnapping victims over the weekend, according to a Mexican military statement.

Bond was denied on a 41-year-old Brownsville man accused of attempting to smuggle nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition into Mexico.

Chickens, Roosters Seized at Gateway Bridge BROWNSVILLE - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Gateway International Bridge on Monday seized over 50 live chickens in a northbound trailer proceeding from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

At least five people died and 10 went missing on Sunday in northern Mexico due to heavy rains, authorities said on Monday.

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.

Investigators are trying to determine whether drag racing contributed to the death of a 30-year-old Harlingen man Friday night, a state trooper said.

A Mexican national shot by police under an Expressway 77 overpass Jan. 5 was killed by two shotgun blasts to the back, an attorney representing his family claims.

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

With the colaboration of Carlos Guzman our CA from Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas , and Gildardo Pena edu sales account manager, Sun signed an agreement with Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, to create the Java Academy or "Academia Java" Gildardo Pena is signing in respresentation of Sun Microsystems This let Sun Microsystems to train 15 ...

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.

With Cameron County Precinct 4 Commissioner Edna Tamayo's weekend announcement that she will not seek re-election in 2010, the list of potential candidates could mimic that of Precinct 2 commissioner candidates.

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.

Residents of Japanese towns of Onjuku and Otaki welcomed a Mexican ship to celebratethe 400th anniversary of friendship between Japan and Mexico,which commenced with rescue efforts by the residents'ancestors. Cuauhtemoc, an 1,800-ton navy cadet training ship arrivedoff Onjuku, east of Tokyo, in the early hours yesterday.