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Comply or Die Is a Pattern, Not a Warning
Somebody's mother taught her children to keep their hands where officers could see them, to speak slowly, to do exactly what the badge said and nothing more. That lesson used to buy safety. Renee Good followed it. Alex Pretti followed it. Ruben Ray Martinez followed it, brake lights lit, car barely moving, hands where anyone could see them. All three ended up dead anyway, and the country owes their families more than a press release calling it self-defense. "Comply or die" is

Maria Salinas
Jul 105 min read


Supreme Court Declines Trump's Appeal, Leaving E. Jean Carroll's $5 Million Verdict Intact
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear President Donald Trump's appeal seeking to overturn a $5 million civil judgment awarded to writer and former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, bringing another chapter of the long-running legal battle to a close. By refusing to take up the case, the nation's highest court leaves intact a 2023 jury verdict that found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and later defaming her through public statements denying her allegations and

Janie Flores-Alvarez
Jul 23 min read


Former Hidalgo County District Clerk Returns to Face Charges After Thirteen Years as a Fugitive
A man who has not set foot in Hidalgo County voluntarily in thirteen years is finally coming back, and not by choice. Omar Guerrero, 49, was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday and is now in U.S. custody, according to a news release from the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office. District Attorney Toribio "Terry" Palacios said Wednesday that Guerrero will be back in the county within two days, the result of a joint effort between the DA's office, the sheriff's office, the U.S. Marshals,

Maria Salinas
Jul 23 min read
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