LEO ROSALES: THE CURSE OF THE MAQUINITAS

By Juan Montoya For weeks after the Herald featured a front-page story about the altruistic nature of District 3 City of Brownsville Commi...

GOWEN BANS HOT DOGS AND BURGERS AT STADIUM

By Juan Montoya We are still trying to ascertain the facts behind this story, but as some prosecutors say, the "signature" surroun...

APB ISSUED: THE CASE OF THE MISSING BBQ GRILL...

By Juan Montoya A few years ago, the Cameron County District Attorney's Office raided an eight-liner in Olmito and confiscated – besides...

SALAZAR'S PERFORMANCE FOR BISD IN 2005 "FEEBLE"

"...BISD filed nothing. The old adage comes to mind that you can lead a horse to water, tell him to take a drink, give him extra time t...

PERRY TAPS GARCIA FOR 357TH DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

By Juan Montoya Back in the 1990s, the Cameron County Republican Party was choosing its chairman in a conference room at a hotel in South Pa...

"AND THEN JULIET CRIED..."

By Juan Montoya Word has reached us that at yesterday's meeting of the UTB-TSC Faculty with UTB President Juliet Garcia where the subje...

SHERIFF DEPT. CHIEF DEPUTY GUS REYNA "RETIRES"

By Juan Montoya Amid a spate of rumor and speculation, Cameron County Sheriff Department Chief Deputy has retired from the county force. A c...

RUSH TO JUDGMENT ON BISD LEGAL COUNSEL SMELLS

By Juan Montoya Even the most ardent defenders of the Brownsville Independent School District's new board majority winced when they (Oti...

GET READY FOR ANOTHER HIT TO PAY DOUBLE DIPPERS

By Juan Montoya The local daily has published an article talking about the way the county is forwarding its legislative agenda to close Boca...

THE TEMPEST IN THE BISD TEAPOT: ENRIQUE VS. CATA

By Juan Montoya They used to be part of the majority on the board of the Brownsville Independent School District. At one time, Enrique Escob...

QUINTANILLA CHARGES THE WINDMILLS AT GRAND PRAIRIE

End Racial Profiling against Minorities, End Selective Enforcement against Mexican Business Owners. We are sending you a copy of the You Tub...

COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE WORKERS FEELING THE STRESS?

By Juan Montoya As the operation of the Cameron County political machines and their operatives comes into focus of the Texas Attorney Genera...

DUKE, TARGETED BY CAMPIRANO, REED, RECEIVES AWARD

By Juan Montoya And they wanted to get rid of Debby Duke? On the heels of the announcement that the Brownsville Navigation District of Camer...

ST. ERASMO FINDS SALVATION ON THE ROAD TO ELECTIONS

By Juan Montoya If you read the post by the Head Cheez Erasmo Castro at right written on March 29, you might think that the feisty, cantanke...

BROWNTOWN UBRAN MYTH: BESTEIRO BURIED IN CABOOSE

By Juan Montoya When Raul Besteiro died, his casket was carried aboard a two-engine convoy of locomotives that belonged to the Brownsville ...

OUR ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO CESAR CHAVEZ ON HIS BIRTHDAY

By Juan Montoya For Cameron County employees it means a day off. For others, it means honoring a man who fought for the rights of the lowly...

OCT. 11, 1941 HERALD ARTICLE DEPICTS STILLMAN WEALTH

IS POLITIQUERO(A) PROBE CONCERTED AUSAO-TAG EFFORT?

By Juan Montoya As the news of the criminal indictment of a local politiquera rippled across the Cameron County political landscape, federal...

INDICTMENTS BEGIN TO RAIN ON LOCAL POLITIQUEROS

By Juan Montoya The first of what court observers say will be numerous indictments alleging violations of the Texas Election Code by local p...

SLUMMIN' WITH CHUCK: STILLMAN'S LOVE SHACK?

By Juan Montoya Neighbors in the hood around the Cueto Building on East Madison Street were disconcerted. "They just knocked down a bu...

POST ON JUDGE DAVID SANCHEZ DRAWS COMMENTS

(Ed.'s Note: The revelations in the Valley Morning Star article by Emma Perez-Treviño regarding the supplement filed by federal prosecut...

UNA ORACION MEXICANA EN TIEMPOS DE COLERA

LA NUEVA ORACION DE LOS MEXICANOS Santa Pascuala...¡Que no me alcanze una bala! Santa Antonieta, ¡Que no me quiten mi camioneta! San Macario...

ON A DOMESTIC FLIGHT, CAN BORDER PATROL DEMAND CITIZENSHIP ID?

By Democracy Now On Tuesday morning, Nancy Morales and Omar Figueredo were arrested by Brownsville Police officers after they both refused t...

SUPPORTERS: NEW INFO ON TREJO-VILLALOBOS DEALS GIVES TEJANO MAZZ FRONTSMAN LOPEZ'S CLAIMS CREDENCE

By Juan Montoya As new revelations emerge from the U.S. Government's case against former Cameron District Attorney Armando Villalobos de...