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A so-called “NAFTA Superhighway” earned support from the city’s mayor and discussion among residents Monday during a public hearing on the Texas Department of Transportation’s I-69 project. TxDOT held a public hearing at the Brownsville Events Center Monday to explain the progress of the Trans-Texas Corridor, a future segment of Highway I-69, which will link the U.S.-Mexico border to the U.S.-Canada border. After a short presentation, the floor was open for comments. Among the local politicians, college students and retirees at the hearing there was a wide range of opinion on the project. According to Mario Jorge, district engineer for...

An unusual toolbox in the flatbed of a dusty, beat-up Chevy pickup truck catches the eye of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on this relatively cool and quiet day at the Mariposa port of entry in Nogales. Their suspicions prove true when, after removing tools and lids and using a mobile X-ray device, they find nearly 47 pounds of marijuana hidden on a sliding metal tray in a lower compartment of the toolbox the 62-year-old U.S. citizen driver said was a gas tank. Federal border officials have been carrying out drug seizures like this one Thursday at rising rates...