100S HAVE DIED OF COVID IN CAMERON COUNTY, NOT 96; COMING NUMBERS ON DEATHS...
By Juan MontoyaIn a stunning turnaround, Cameron County Judge and Chief Medical Officer Dr. James Castillo today warned county residents to expect the numbers of reported deaths to dramatically surge...
View ArticleABBOTT: NO SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR TSC, BND, ALL NOV. 3
Special to El Rrun-RrunThe uncertainty and waiting is over.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that the delayed May elections postponed by the onslaught of the COVID-19 on the state will now be held at...
View ArticleHUEVOS: HIDALGO COUNTY ISSUES SHELTER-AT-HOME ORDER
By A. Colleen DeGuzmanMcAllen MonitorAs a response to the surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Rio Grande Valley, Hidalgo County Judge Richard F. Cortez enacted a shelter-at-home order Monday,...
View ArticleDO COVID-19 MATH: 3,000 (+)TO DIE IN CAMERON COUNTY
Using their own numbers, then, this means that we are looking at a potential 3,156 deaths ( 5 percent of 62,310) as of today.Special to El Rrun-RrunCameron County Judge Eddie Treviño and Chief Medical...
View ArticleFAMILY, TOW-TRUCKERS BID GOODBYE TO MIKE BETANCOURT
(Ed,'s Note: Motorists on the eastern outskirts of Brownsville were surprised to see a funeral procession headed toward Guillen Cemetery past Browne Road on Boca Chia Boulevard with a proliferation of...
View ArticleFOX APROVECHADO TUCKER CARLSON TARGETS HISPANICS
The OnionWASHINGTON—Returning from vacation appearing more relaxed than he had in months, creatively recharged Fox News host Tucker Carlson told reporters Tuesday that he had come up with a week’s...
View ArticleTREVINO AND CAMERON COUNTY FINALLY MAKE IT ON CNN
"They're gonna put me in the moviesThey're gonna make a big star out of me...The biggest fool that's ever hit the big timeAnd all I gotta do is act naturally.." Buck OwensBy Juan MontoyaWell, Cameron...
View ArticleCHARLIE A. REVEALS SYLVIA'S DEFENSE...AND LACK OF CLASS
By Juan MontoyaWe have been aware of the running commentary in social media following our report on the sealed motion filed by federal prosecutors in the U.S. vs. Sylvia Atkinson bribery case where her...
View ArticleFUNERAL ASS. PRESIDENT: COVID-19 SITUATION IN RGV "REAL"
By Louis AmestoyKerrville Daily TimesKerrville Funeral Home owner Gene Allen will be the first to admit that he was somewhat skeptical about the coronavirus pandemic, and he often questioned some of...
View ArticleVIRUS CLOSED BISD CAMPUSES, DEPTS.: SCHOOLS TO OPEN?
Special to El Rrun-RrunAs the Donald Trump and Greg Abbott administrations push for the face-to-face instruction in schools, the Brownsville Independent School District finds itself having had to close...
View ArticleTREVINO: THERE'S PROFIT IN KEEPING PEOPLE IN THE DARK
By Juan MontoyaCameron County Eddie Treviño is one of those guys who likes to think that as long as he has the inside skinny, no one else needs to know.He is the quintessential lawyer who thinks that...
View ArticleIT COULD GET WORSE.LET MOSES TAKE HIS PEOPLE AND GO...
ExodusFirst came the years of drought that sapped the lifeblood of the land and its people..Next it was the plagues, the first one was the dengue, then Zika, then COVID-19...Then came rumors of nuclear...
View ArticleEX-MATA MAYOR'S DAD SNATCHED: $2.5 MILLION RANSOM
Special to El Rrun-RrunVarious official and semi-official sources have confirmed that Ramiro Salazar, the father of former Matamoros mayor Leticia Salazar was kidnapped this morning and that his...
View ArticleBISD GAVE WORKERS EXPIRED-DATE SANITIZERS, WIPES
Joanna GuzmanKVEO 23BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Brownsville educators are voicing their concerns about how administration is handling the pandemic.“The new Superintendent doesn’t do everything possible to...
View ArticleOUR FRIEND DON PASSES: NUESTROS PESAMES A SU FAMILIA
(Ed.'s Note: COVID-19, once thought to be something that affected other people, not our friends, is edging closer to our intimacies and has breached the holy walls of friendship and family. Today, it...
View ArticleTHINK HARD: IF YOU GOT ONE, WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT?
Special to El Rrun-RrunDid you get one of these?Depending on how many people Dr. Sylvia Atkinson spoke to on her cell phone during the period from February 12 to May 13, 2018, they probably got a...
View ArticleANOTHER CAMERON COUNTY BROTHER LEAVES US
(Ed.'s Note: Chalk up another Cameron County employee death to COVID-19. After first claiming that there were no positive no cases among the inmates and only a few in the staff, we now know that more...
View ArticleE. B'VILLE TO HIGHWAY 100 UNDER TORNADO WARNING; ONLY SLIGHT WIND DAMAGE...
(Photo taken by DPS Trooper Cesar Cuevas and posted by COB District 1 city commissioner Nurith Galonsky who thanks PUB electric crews who restored power to city residents before other utilities....
View ArticleHE NOW RIDES REGALLY ACROSS A BRIDGE THAT WAS DENIED
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
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