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MEXICAN BORDER
Immigration overload Gov. extends National Guard stay By PAUL J. WEBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Photo by Eric Gay | AP file
In this Feb. 24 file photo, members of the National Guard patrol along the Rio Grande at the TexasMexico border, in Rio Grande City, Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas National Guard troops on Tuesday to remain at the Mexico border,
extending once again a mission that began in 2014 when unaccompanied children started pouring into the country and that will now continue due to another wave of arrivals. As many as 1,000 armed
troops patrolled the Rio Grande Valley at the height of what the White House once called a “humanitarian crisis” of children showing up at the Texas border.
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OIL & GAS
WIND FARMS
Tender to purchase crude oil
TURBINES IN TEXAS
Pemex said to be planning a tender to buy light, U.S. crude By SHEELA TOBBEN BLOOMBERG NEWS
Mexico’s oil-trading arm PMI is said to be planning a tender to buy light, sweet U.S. crude in what may be the first shipment under a four-month-old swap agreement between the two countries. Pemex wants to acquire U.S. grades including West Texas Intermediate, West Texas Sour, Mars, Bakken and Light Louisiana Sweet for a test run into the Mexican refining system, according to a document requesting information from potential crude sellers obtained by Bloomberg. Word of this tender is not surprising. It was to be expected, given that they have the permit and swaps approvals in place, John Auers, executive vice president at Turner Mason & Co. in Dallas, said in a phone interview. The U.S. in August agreed to allow up to 100,000 barrels a day of light oil and condensate to be exchanged for heavy Mexican crude, according to a statement from Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico’s state-owned oil company and PMI’s parent. It was the first time in 40 years that the U.S. had given broad approval to export its crude to a country other than Canada. Pemex plans to import as much as 75,000 barrels a day of U.S. crude in 2016, which will help Mexico’s refineries produce cleaner fuels, according to an Oct. 28 company statement. Auers said he expected the oil to come from the Permian Basin or the Eagle Ford formation in Texas. Pemex’s media department didn’t immediately respond to e- mails and calls for comment.
Photo by Rodger Mallison/Star-Telegram | AP
Jimmy Horn talks about wind farms near turbines on his ranch in a Dec. 9, 2015 photo, in Windthorst, Texas. His company, Horn Wind Energy, helped develop the new 119-turbine, 204-megawatt Shannon Wind Farm, now operated and partly owned by Alterra Power Corp. of Canada.
Critics concerned about planned wind farms By BILL HANNA FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
HENRIETTA, Texas — The residents of Clay County gained national attention over the summer when it was announced the county’s new Shannon Wind Farm would power Facebook’s new billiondollar Fort Worth data center
100 miles to the southeast. Last July, Clay County Judge Kenneth Liggett told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that residents overwhelmingly supported the new wind farm near Windthorst, saying: “99 percent of folks like it. One or two don’t.” The Star-Telegram reports five months later, he said
that’s no longer the case. “It has been diminished a bunch by the actions of this group,” Liggett said. That group, Clay County Against Wind Farms, has been having meetings to raise awareness about two new proposed wind farms in the county just east of Wichita Falls. With an estimated popula-
tion of 10,370, Clay County maintains a rural feel, and rancher Forrest Baldwin wants to keep it that way. “What we’re trying to do is get folks that might be interested in wind turbines to stop and think about it a little bit,” said Baldwin, whose family
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OBITUARY
Congressman’s mother passes away THE ZAPATA TIMES
Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Zapata, suffered the loss of his mother on Tuesday morning. Odilia P. Cuellar was 87 years old and died in San Antonio, according to Joe Jackson Funeral Chapels in Laredo. The Zapata native was born June 2, 1928 to parents Enrique Perez Torres and Elisa Reyes Sanchez. The family moved to Tamaulipas when Odilia
Cuellar was a girl, where she met her husband Martin. They moved to Laredo after they married but traveled as migrant farmers for years. They eventually settled in the city permanently when Henry was 3. In a 2014 Houston Chronicle profile on Congressman Cuellar, he recalls how his mother, who did not speak English, encouraged her children in school.
“My mom was all about studying. ‘Study, study, study,’” he said. “She H. CUELLAR would make sure we sat down to do our homework right away, and didn’t get up until it was done.” Odilia and Martin had
eight children, Henry the oldest. Her son Martin is the O. CUELLAR Webb County sheriff, and her daughter Rosie is a municipal judge in Laredo. She is survived by her husband, Martin Siller
Cuellar; children, Henry (Imelda) Cuellar, Carlos (Laura) Cuellar, Martin (Veronica) Cuellar, Tony Cuellar, Jorge (Monica) Cuellar, Odilia Cuellar, Rosie Cuellar, Manuel “Meme” (Diana) Cuellar; 18 grandchildren; 8 greatgrandchildren; sister, Rosita Perez; as well as a great number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. The family will receive condolences on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at Joe Jack-
son North Funeral Chapels, 1410 Jacaman Rd., in Laredo, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a Vigil for the Deceased and Rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. The procession will depart the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, 2015 for a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 555 E. Del Mar Blvd., at 10 a.m. Rite of Committal and Interment will follow to the family plot at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery.