Feds make moves to drop some Laredo border wall lawsuits
Feb. 3, 2021
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Workers prepare the foundation for a steel section of border wall that will be built on the Mexican side of older metal fencing dividing Ciudad Juarez, Mexico from Sunland Park, New Mexico in January. On Tuesday, the federal government announced its dropping five of its lawsuits against landowners in Webb and Zapata counties.Christian Chavez / Associated Press
The federal government on Tuesday moved to drop five of its lawsuits against landowners in Webb and Zapata counties who were challenging the government’s right to access their land in the development of the border wall.
As Trump exits, Laredo could elude border wall
Jan. 17, 2021
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President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after touring a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas on Jan. 12, 2021.MANDEL NGAN / AFP via Getty Images
When President Donald Trump visited the Rio Grande Valley this week, he came to tout the construction of the border wall under his administration.
It was a fitting bookend to his presidency, which began with this promise to build a 30-foot wall between the U.S. and Mexico. His administration completed over 450 miles of construction in these four years some of this was replacing smaller vehicle fencing in places like Arizona and California, and some is new construction on private property in places like Hidalgo and Starr counties.
Fond memories and frog legs: New book recalls life at the Cadillac Bar in Nuevo Laredo
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Nuevo Laredo’s Cadillac Bar, before the July 1954 flooding of the Rio Grande that devastated the border cities.Courtesy Wanda CashShow MoreShow Less
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Cover of “Pancho Villa’s Saddle at the Cadillac Bar,” by Wanda Garner Cash, published in 2020 by Texas A&M University PressCourtesy Texas A&M University PressShow MoreShow Less
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Wanda Garner Cash poses with Pancho Villa’s saddle, which for many years resided in the Cadillac Bar dining room in Nuevo Laredo. Today it’s in Cash’s Hill Country home.Courtesy Wanda Garner CashShow MoreShow Less