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THE CACKLING WOMEN FROM INSIDE BUENA VISTA CEMETERY
By Juan MontoyaIt was a Sunday afternoon when Andres met his friend Esteban watching the Saturday Madness competition at the Palm Lounge in downtown Brownsville.Usually jovial and ready with a back...
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UNDERGROUND BROWNTOWN: THE TUNNELS URBAN MYTH
By Juan MontoyaFor as long as many of us can remember, there has been talk of tunnels existing under the city in downtown Brownsville.Stories have been written about this and the old timers are...
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QUESTIONS REMAIN FOLLOWING CARDENAS JR.'S ARREST
Special to El Rrun-RrunHow was it that Osiel Cardenas Jr., 26, son of Gulf Cartel capo Osiel Cardenas, who is serving a 25-year sentence for a host of drug trafficking charges, acquire a Cameron County...
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CAMARGO BEFORE U.S. COLONIES, TEXAS, OR BROWNSVILLE,
By Juan MontoyaTwenty-seven years before the the 13 colonies issued their Declaration of Independence from England, a full 87 years before Texas broke away from Mexico, and 99 years before Brownsville...
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CORPUS COAST GUARD DEDICATES 1ST STATION FOR HISPANIC
By Alexandria RodriguezCorpus Christi Caller-TimesAdm. Paul F. Zukunft jumped at the chance to return to Corpus Christi. Zukunft is Commandant of the Coast Guard, and was once stationed in Corpus...
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DA BADGES, SOME "HONORARY," PROLIFERATE IN THE COUNTY
By Juan MontoyaThe first thing that some local residents thought when Oseil Cardenas Jr., son of Osiel Cardenas, the Gulf Cartel capo serving prison time for drug offenses, thought when the younger...
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DESPITE ITS MYSTERIOUS REMOVAL, VIEW ANTI-KKK VIDEO
(Ed.'s Note: We were hoping to send you this clip of the Feb.20 meeting where the removal of the Jefferson Davis Monument (The Stone in Washington Park) was discussed. The plans are now to remove it...
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WHAT ORIGO, 7TH AND PARK WANT, TONY, ROSE, WILL GIVE
By Juan MontoyaWhat if you wanted to set up a business but did not have enough parking space to get approval from the City of Brownsville?That scenario has happened many times and usually it means that...
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IES CLOSING; RUMORS OF $30 MILLION MISAPPROPRIATION
By Juan MontoyaAdministrators at International Educational Services, the Brownsville-based provider of boarding end education for unaccompanied minors from Central America will not confirm the date of...
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BISD, CESAR LOPEZ COVERING UP MULTI-MILLION $ SCANDAL?
By Juan MontoyaAfter almost two years of refusing to divulge the full extent of its financial involvement with two vendors alleged to have milked the Brownsville Independent School District through...
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COUNTY HIJACKS HOLY WEEK BRIDGE LANE OPENING IDEA
By Juan MontoyaIt all started a few days ago when City of Brownsville Commissioner Ben Neece and Interim City Manager Michael Lopez attended a ceremony at the offices of the Customs and Border Patrol...
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A PLAINTIVE PLEA TO BROWNSVILLE I.S.D. ON DANA ROAD
(Ed.s Note: A local wag sent a message to the Brownsville Independent School District board of trustee and and administration by placing a sticker on the "End School Zone" sign above and putting...
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8-FOLD INCREASE IN DEMO MAIL-INS TRIGGERED RESPONSE
By Juan MontoyaRemember when the poll watchers at the Cameron County Elections Department raised the alarm over the nearly eight-fold increase in Democratic party mail-in votes during the 2018...
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ZIWA, WITH $72,000 HIGHER BID, STILL GOT $4.04 MM JOB
By Juan MontoyaNow we know why back in the February board meeting of the Brownsville Independent School District trustees were handed an evaluation sheet on an item allowing Superintendent Esperanza...
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NEW TOW TRUCK TRAP ALERT: AVOID FURNITURE ROW
By Juan MontoyaWe all know now that there are vulture tow truck services cutting deals with downtown Brownsville businesses that allow them to post signs in parking lots and then swoop down on the cars...
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AFTER YEARS OF MAKING DO, PCT. 2 GETS WAREHOUSE
(Cameron County Commissioner Precinct 2 Alex Dominguez speaks welcomes guest and gives thanks to Public Works employees Friday morning during Cameron County Public Works Precinct 2 Building...
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HAVE REED, COWEN, DRAWN THE LINES IN BND ELECTIONS? WHO WILL 20-YEAR EMPLOYEE...
By Juan MontoyaFor weeks after candidates filed for the May 5 elections at the Brownsville Navigation District, sitting commissioners John Reed and Ralph Cowen have made it clear that they favor Javier...
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IES HAS SIX MONTHS TO APPEAL THE CUT OF ITS FUNDING
By Juan MontoyaWithin the next six months, the approximately 1,500 laid off workers of the International Educational Services will know whether the company will be successful in appealing the cutting...
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BISD WEAVES A TANGLED WEB OF DECEIT OVER GRAFIK SPOT
By Juan MontoyaOn January 24, the Brownsville Independent School District filed its objection with the Texas Attorney General to our request for information on payments made to the Brownsville-based...
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CITY-PLACED BANNER MAY HAVE DOWNED SCAFFOLDING
By Juan MontoyaWhen the workers erected the scaffolding at about 5 a.m. that would mark the start of the Bi-National 10K & 5K Run early in the morning Saturday, they tested it for its sturdiness...
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