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WOAI: Local Lawmakers Call for a Texas Prison Cell for El Chapo

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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…

FOX RIO 2: United States Analysts Weigh in on Escape of ‘El Chapo’

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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…

KGNS: What does El Chapo's escape mean for border cities?

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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…

NWF DAILY NEWS: STEVE CHAPMAN: Trump and the rickety myth of immigrant crime

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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…

FRESH PLAZA: $50 million to assist Texas citrus industry

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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…

EAGLE FORD TEXAS: Texas Rep: Don’t sleep on Mexico’s energy reforms

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“The United States, Mexico and Canada can be the new Middle East of the world,” U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar stated recently. However, the representative warned that if America isn’t careful, we could be side swiped by the oil appetite of China and other growing nations.   Cuellar’s remarks took place at a Wednesday morning event in Reynosa hosted by Mexico’s national oil company…

Support to Lift Crude Oil Export Ban About to Overwhelm Obama

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Apparently deciding that approaching President Obama directly on the matter of oil exports would be a waste of time the Laborers’ International Union and the International Union of Operating Engineers (both Obama supporters) wrote a letter to Congress instead, urging them to lift the ban on exporting crude oil.  Said the letter: Opening global markets to U.S. producers will…

CRESCENT NEWS: STEVE CHAPMAN - TRUMP AND IMMIGRANT CRIME

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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…

TEXAS INSIDER: San Antonio Missions Receive World Heritage Designation by UNESCO

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“The designation of the historic San Antonio missions as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is something all of Texas and the United States should celebrate proudly. . . ” –Congressman Henry Cuellar Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (SAN ANTONIO, Texas)  On July 5, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named the five San Antonio Missions,…