A $50 million allocation to a federal appropriations bill would be used to fight citrus greening and other citrus diseases. The money was added to the Fiscal Year 2016 Agricultural Appropriations bill, according to a news release from Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, who helped allocate the funds. Cuellar’s district includes part of the Rio Grande Valley, the top citrus-producing area in… Read more »

The Pleasanton High School Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) Leadership Team placed 8th in the 2015 JROTC Academic and Leadership Bowl (JLAB) National Championships. The team bested 1,312 Leadership Teams from Army JROTC units from around the world that began the competition last September.   The Pleasanton team consisted of Cadet Captain Sophia Romero,… Read more »

In October, CHANNEL 5NEWS first reported the kidnapping of Elia Margarita Flores. She was yanked from her truck at gunpoint. Hidalgo County deputies said several people kidnapped the 39-year-old woman. Victor Manuel Garcia was also kidnapped from that scene in Pharr. Garcia’s body was found stuffed in trash bags, dumped north of McAllen. Flores’s body was found days after her kidnapping.… Read more »

A day after the Iran deal was unveiled, the Obama administration's sales job began in earnest. Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Capitol Hill to convince House Democrats to support the deal, while a small group of senators were invited to the White House to get their questions answered directly from officials who sat across from the Iranians at the negotiating table. Lawmakers said… Read more »

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The manhunt is on for escaped drug kingpin Joaquin "el Chapo" Guzman, and when he's caught again, there's a growing push to send him to the United States where he'll stand trial. "Without a doubt, once he's caught, the U.S. is going to push even harder to get him extradited," Congressman Henry Cuellar tells Newsradio 1200 WOAI. The member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on… Read more »

The question on everyone’s mind now, aside from where he may be hiding, is should the United States get involved? Many weary that stepping on México’s toes could be dangerous, others urging that ‘El Chapo’ be extradited here once he’s found. Experts are discussing the importance of whether or not the drug kingpin should be extradited to the United States, if or when he’s… Read more »

El Chapo Guzman is on the loose, and the United States government is responding to his escape from a Mexican prison. People on both sides of the border breathed a sigh of relief watching El Chapo's arrest last year. That relief was suddenly taken away. El Chapo Guzman, the leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, has been free and on the run since Saturday night. He escaped a… Read more »

Donald Trump sees himself as a martyr to the truth. All he did was point out that among the foreigners who have come to this country are some who do not scrupulously abide by all our criminal laws — only to be pilloried for his honesty. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” he said when he announced his presidential campaign. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re… Read more »

Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, last Friday, helped secure $50 million within the Fiscal Year 2016 Agricultural Appropriations bill to save the citrus industry in Texas. Cuellar, whose district includes a portion of the Rio Grande Valley — the top citrus-producing area in Texas, understands the importance of the $11.2 billion citrus industry in the United States and how it has… Read more »