A National Transportation Safety Board investigator spoke at a news conference Thursday inside a Laredo Police Department office about the deadly plane crash from earlier this week.

Several motorists who happened across a fiery plane crash on a Texas highway rushed to help — putting their own lives in danger to help those on board escape.

The plane carrying Joshua Baer, who was also the CEO of Austin-based startup accelerator Capital Factory, was on its way to Austin from San José del Cabo in Mexico.

Laredo’s mayor, police chief and fire chief provided an update on a deadly plane crash during a news conference Wednesday morning.

Investigators are on the scene where business jet crashed on a Texas highway, killing one person on board.

Investigators are on the scene where business jet crashed on a Texas highway, killing one person on board.

Federal officials report border crossings at a historic low, but one San Antonio migrant advocate said the fear among some people seeking asylum is still high.

The boxcar where six immigrants were found dead last weekend in Laredo is believed to have traveled from California, the Laredo Police Department said in a Thursday afternoon news conference.

Excessive heat is suspected in the death of six people found inside a boxcar in Laredo on Sunday.

A man found dead near railroad tracks in southwest Bexar County earlier this week has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Officials said one victim found in a Union Pacific car was from Mexico and another was from Honduras. Five men and a woman are among the dead.

Five of the six people found dead inside a shipping container Sunday in Laredo have been identified, according to the Webb County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Authorities believe a body found near railroad tracks in southwest Bexar County is connected to the six people found dead inside a boxcar in Laredo over the weekend, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a news conference Monday.

Texas was among the first states to heed Trump administration directives to revoke commercial driver’s licenses from some immigrants as a safety measure.

Six people were found dead inside a trailer box car Sunday afternoon on the city’s outskirts, according to Laredo police.

Laredo is working with federal officials to minimize the disruptions a potential wall could pose.

The Supreme Court weakened Section 2, the linchpin of the 1965 civil rights legislation that prohibits diluting the electoral power of voters of color. But the statute’s fingerprints can be seen all over Texas’ maps.

The city's economic growth has taken a dip, falling short of expectations amid a steep decline in international migration, among other factors.

U.S. authorities say a Guatemalan man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a felony offense stemming from the crash of human smugglers' truck in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants in 2021.

Waller County, near Houston, was the second fastest growing county in the U.S. Another three Texas counties were among the 10 fastest growing in U.S.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor is facing federal charges over allegations he harbored an immigrant living in the country illegally, according to a news release. Court documents state the immigrant was both his girlfriend and niece.

The death of Brianna Aguilera, a 19-year-old Texas A&M University student from Laredo, has been ruled a suicide, the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Friday.

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat based in Laredo and serving Texas’ 28th District, discussed the impact of people detained in Dilley who are later sent to the Laredo Holding Institute, a prominent shelter in the city.

The five-term sheriff and brother of Congressman Henry Cuellar denied all wrongdoing through his lawyer.

Laredo-based IBC Bank plans to convert its downtown office tower at 175 E. Houston St. into a JW Marriott and add an entirely new structure to the complex, according to design documents submitted to the City of San Antonio.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry arrested a woman who was wanted in Bexar County on warrants for multiple sex-related offenses, according to federal officials.

Nuevo Laredo was dumping millions of gallons of sewage a day into the Rio Grande. The U.S. and Mexico worked together to find a solution.

Days out from the filing deadline, Cuellar has yet to draw a serious primary challenger — a sign that many in his party view the anti-abortion congressman as their best bet to stave off the GOP in November.

On Nov. 29, 2025, a Texas A&M University student from Laredo fell to her death from a student apartment building near the University of Texas at Austin.

A mother is searching for answers after her daughter died in Austin hours after attending the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies football game.

A Laredo mother is searching for answers after her daughter died in Austin hours after last week’s Texas Longhorns-Texas A&M Aggies football game.

Tano Tijerina, the top elected official in a county that includes Laredo, is expected to seek the GOP nomination in Texas’ 28th Congressional District, long held by Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar.

The city learned about plans to build a new barrier along the southern border during a regular meeting with the Department of Homeland Security.

Find the schedule of games and live scores for high school football being played on Sept. 25-27 in the San Antonio, South Texas and the Hill Country area.

The future of self-driving trucks is taking shape in San Antonio.

Two teens face capital murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a San Antonio Independent School District student, according to the 386th Juvenile District Court.

A suspect in the death of San Antonio Independent School District student Simon Cuevas died days after shooting himself in Laredo, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.

A suspect wanted in the death of San Antonio Independent School District student Simon Cuevas is believed to have shot himself at a home in Laredo, according to police.

Below you will find the schedule of games and live scores for high school football being played on Aug. 28-30 in the San Antonio, South Texas and the Hill Country area.

Two smugglers convicted in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas will spend the rest of their lives in prison.

Border patrol officers seized more than $1.5 million in cocaine at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) news release.

Federal agencies are intensifying their collaboration at the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of criminal organizations.

An off-duty Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy was arrested in Laredo after allegedly pointing a gun at a person outside a bar, according to the sheriff’s office.

A family with ties to Laredo were among the 12 people killed in a crash in Mexico, according to a KGNS report.

One person was injured after a plane involved in the WBCA Stars & Stripes Air Show Spectacular in Laredo caught on fire.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Laredo seized over $8.1 million worth of methamphetamine over the weekend, according to a CBP release.

A Laredo man accused of smuggling 52 migrants in three human smuggling cases has been arrested, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said on Saturday during a news conference.

A Laredo man was arrested for allegedly being involved in human smuggling operations involving 52 migrants, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Nearly 423 pounds of methamphetamine valued at $3.7 million was seized Monday at a Laredo port of entry.

The longtime Laredo congressman fended off Republican challenger Jay Furman despite a federal indictment accusing the incumbent of bribery and money laundering.

The county decided to not have an early voting site at a Laredo university because of historic low turnout. It will have one on Election Day.

Texas desperately needs more and denser housing to keep up with the demand. But zoning restrictions get in the way, a Texas Tribune analysis found.

The South Texas city has hired a consulting firm for $200,000 to provide an interim director for the utility amid a restructuring of the department.

Despite the group’s strong participation, Hispanic students graduate college at a lower rate than peers in the program, according to a report.

The South Texas city is the latest to grapple with aging water infrastructure, which officials suggested could have been the cause for the E. coli outbreak.

Record challenging warmth soon returns.

Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.

The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.

Federal agents confiscated $6.5 million in methamphetamine at a Laredo port of entry Friday.

The Laredo Police Department killed a mountain lion after the wild feline escaped into a neighbor's property.

The FBI San Antonio Division is looking for information about two women reported missing in late May.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, an 18-wheeler hauling a commercial shipment was referred for a secondary inspection at the World Trade Bridge.

Search and rescue efforts are deployed as a result of unexpected dangers during illegal border crossing attempts.

The Laredo Democrat faces allegations of bribery, money laundering and working on behalf of a foreign government.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists seized almost 125 pounds of prohibited pork products at a Laredo port of entry.

A Dallas man was sentenced to seven years in prison this week for his alleged involvement in transporting migrants through San Antonio and throughout the state.

Furman won the Republican nomination in a runoff against Lazaro Garza. Cuellar’s criminal charges have suddenly made it a high-profile race.

Border officers arrested a man out of San Antonio wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Irada Akhoundova pleaded guilty to facilitating a $60,000 payment to Imelda Cuellar, the congressman’s wife, that she believed would benefit Azerbaijan and its state-run oil company.

A woman tried to smuggle in a baby at a Laredo port of entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said.

Cuellar was expected to cruise to reelection. Now he’ll need to rely on support from local and national Democratic leaders to help him overcome scandal.

Laredo residents who live near a sterilization plant say the new federal limits on the pollutant will improve air quality and reduce their city’s high cancer risk.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $5.3 million worth of drugs at a Laredo port of entry.

During the search, officers discovered 1,033.96 pounds of alleged methamphetamine, border officials said. Officials said the seized methamphetamine is worth $9,507,568 on the street.

A North Texas man was recently sentenced for his role in the smuggling of hundreds of people from the border to San Antonio inside tractor-trailers, federal authorities said.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on Thursday celebrated the passage of their proposal to reform the presidential process for new and expanded border bridges at Laredo, Eagle Pass and Brownsville.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers in Laredo found meth and cocaine worth more than $10 million in a tractor-trailer last week.

An AMBER Alert has been issued for a missing child who police believe is in “grave or immediate danger.”

Cuellar was unharmed in the incident, and law enforcement eventually retrieved the car.

Federal agents in Laredo stopped two human smuggling attempts this week when they found more than 30 migrants and a bag of fentanyl pills in two tractor-trailers.

Jose Sanz worked for the Democrat for two years, as his press secretary and then his district director. Sanz said he realized his values didn’t align with the incumbent’s.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized $7.7 million in methamphetamine at a Laredo port of entry.

Rosie Cuellar, former Webb County tax assessor and the sister of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, confirmed to The Texas Tribune on Thursday she intends to run in the Democratic primary for House District 80.

KSAT 12 News court reporter Erica Hernandez will soon be featured in an episode of ABC News’ investigative show “20/20.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at a port of entry in Laredo seized a huge shipment of methamphetamine Monday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on Thursday seized rooster blades used for illegal cockfighting at a port of entry in Laredo.

The moderate Democrat from Laredo announced endorsements from top Democrats in the U.S. House, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

A stolen tractor-trailer out of Laredo with a dozen migrants crammed inside the cab was a first for the Von Ormy Police Department, said Chief Lionel Perez Jr.

A 21-year-old Laredo man is facing a minimum of 15 years in prison after admitting to recording sexual material of a minor and posting it to social media.

As the Biden administration prepared to launch speedy asylum screenings at the border this spring, authorities pledged a key difference from a Trump-era version of the policy: Migrants would be guaranteed access to legal representation.

A National Weather Service meteorologist says parts of Texas could see scorching temperatures that are blamed for nearly a dozen deaths return to a more typical level by the weekend as a heat dome is expected to move eastward.

U.S. authorities have announced the arrests of four men they say were part of a human smuggling effort last year that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor-trailer in the scorching Texas summer.

Corpus Christi logged a heat index of 125 degrees at one point in the past week, as Laredo, Del Rio, San Angelo and Junction also set new highs.

The Biden Administration and the United States border communities are preparing for the end of the pandemic era policy Title 42 that is set to expire on Thursday night.

Eight people from San Antonio have been charged in connection with transporting stolen cars from U.S. to Mexico, according to federal authorities.

Mexican prosecutors formally presented homicide charges against four soldiers implicated in the Feb. 26 shooting deaths of five men in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. The killings in the cartel-dominated city of Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas, caused outrage.

Anti-border wall activists are racing to find landowners along the Rio Grande before they sign contracts with the state.

Mexico's Defense Department has confirmed that soldiers opened fire on a pickup truck in the violent northern border city of Nuevo Laredo over the weekend, killing five men and wounding a sixth.

Mexican army soldiers have apparently clashed with residents of the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo.

A Texas-based online citizen journalist wants a federal appeals court to revive her lawsuit against Laredo area officials over her 2017 arrest.