, mexican cartel lures american teens as killers, and it was an article about these boys from the laredo, texas, on the border of mexico. the boys names were gabrielle cardona and rosalretta. he went by bart because he was 5'3" and looked like bart simpson, and they worked with other boys in laredo and all become operatives for a very dangerous drug cartel. and so the article talked about them, talked about their crimes and mentionedded ala raid dough detective, robert garcia, who pursued the bid after the cartel sent them back into the u.s. to do murders on this side of the border on behalf of the cartel. i'm not going to read from the book today. actually don't even have a copy but i did just want to read the first few lines of this piece because it's what got me started on the book and what this sort of seed of wolf boys was. so here's how the piece began. it was written be a guy named james mckinley, jr., a veteran "new york times" reporter and at that point he was on the southwest border and he went to laredo to write this story that i read. so this is how it starts: when he was fin

jane wells reports tonight from laredo, texas. [ car horns ] >> reporter: laredo, texas is the nation's largest land port. $200 billion in goods pass through here annually. but the local economy is heavily dependent on shoppers crossing the rio grande from mexico. >> our local economy is easily 40% or more dependent on the mexican shopper. >> reporter: with that in mind, developers fit $120 million to build a massive outlet mall on the river on the u.s. side of the border. >> we did it because mexican consumers love brands. they aren't able to buy a lot of the brands we have here in mexico. when they can, they're more expensive than here. they like the labels and they like the prices. >> reporter: the city kicked in millions of dollars in incentives to get this mall built. it finally opened in march, just as the new administration was talking tough in mexico. owners found themselves potentially running into a wall -- literally. >> the timing was challenging, no two ways about it. >> reporter: but the ceo says so far sales have been brisk. $4 million in two weeks. outlet malls have outpe

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. >>> raÚl reyes es el alcalde del cenizo a 20 millas de laredo texas.no solo son peligrosas si no que violan lao contusiÓn. >>> la ley que prohÍbe las ciudades santuarios abre las puertas para discriminar contra los hispanos. >>> los policÍa ses van a sentir con derecho en pararme porque tengo la piel de color diferente a ellos y preguntarme por mis papeles. >>> tiene una ciudad menos de 4.000 habitantes todos hispanos mÁs de 15% son indocumentados. >>> y ahora sÍ con mÁs miedo va a manjar uno. >>> en 1999 el servicio declarÓ el espaÑol el idioma especial, aquÍ todos se conocen y se tratan como una familia cada maÑana la mayorÍa tiene que salir de esta ciudad. para ir a trabajar. >>> mucha gente la mayorÍa tiene que salir a laredo para sus trabajos. >>> por eso mus como marÍa tienen esperanza que esta demanda pueda evitar que la ley de texas entre en vigor el primero de septiembre vÍctor hugo rodriguez, noticias telemundo. >>> mucho cuidado si es usuario de uber, crecen denuncias de pasajeras que sufren abu soles sexuales de parte de falsos choferes y e

it sends a bad message, according to the mayor of laredo.mad on the mexican side say if you want to do that why would we go there and shop even though they like the brands at the outlet mall at lower prices than they can pay for back home. >> all right. jane wells with a geography lesson with us as well. >> always. >> at the border in laredo, texas, thank you. when we come back, the former deputy commerce secretary and former vice president of ford, bruce andrews, is with us. we'll get his take on president trump's new trade threats and more. taking another look at stocks at this hour. dow's down about 13 points being weighed down by ibm, s&p is pretty much unchanged. staples showing some strength helped by costco. energy stocks are lagging even though oil is higher. "squawk on the street" will be right back. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash

laredo no matter what. >> reporter: they say so far sales have been brisk.he mall has done $4 million in two weeks. so stay tuned. courtney, as you probably know, outlet malls are outperforming the rest of retails. they're more of a destination. >> they really are, jane. i'm curious. you pointed out that walkway and we were able to see it. what actually happens when a shopper is crossing over? do they have to rejs it ter? is there any monitoring there? >> reporter: you do have to have a visa to get in from mexico to here. you have to go through the whole process. but being right at the border you only need a visa. if you go 25 miles further north you need a special form, i-94 form. this way you don't have to go through all that process because you're right here and most people right across border or down in monterey have that kind of visa because they have family here. they're back and forth all the time. >> very interesting, jane. i remember when they announced they were building this mall. i'm glad you were able to take us there. thanks so much. >> reporte

time was spent visiting the folks who live and work along the us mexican border , specifically in laredoa and mcallen. all along the border we talked about the significant ties between the united states and texa mexico. how mexico is our largest trading partner with texas and how texas farmers rangers andut manufacturers rely on trade wits our southern neighbor. they pointed out that theiv chamber of commerce is issued a chart which documents that 5 million american jobs depend on by national trade with mexico i think most people are unawarec of that or don't pay enough attention to the fact that our economies are inextricably tieda together. during my visit to the border i was fortunate enough to have the chance to talk about our mutual security concerns with the its governor. it's a state that shares our northern border with texas. i'm grateful to mexican leaders states who ambassador the new mexican ambassador to the united states who share a vision for more secure border and more robust trade at the same time. they're not mutually exclusive, it's important that we have both security

their property is south of laredo and has been in the family over 250 years. >> we are blessed to haverever we walk around this area, we can actually feel the footsteps of our ancestors. it's hard to explain because you have to feel it. you have to grow up here. >> reporter: they fear that the federal government will claim eminent domain and build the wall right through their land. they risk being cut off from ancestral homesteads and the family cemetery that overlooks the river. >> my dad is buried very close to the village where everything started. he died twoears ago. we can still feel it. >> a farm boy from south texas. born in the house. he was a marine during the second war. he fought in the island of iwo jima and can you just picture a wall on top of your relative? in this case being my father? my father would have to sacrifice twice. >> farther south in the rio grande valley the government has already told ben avie dez it will cease part of his ranch. though it's possible there's a gate allowing him to access whatever property remains between the wall and the river. >> i'm an o

laredo, corpus christi el paso. es uno de los lugares mÁs prÓsperos para empresarios hispanos. denunciando que en su paÍs, la corrupciÓn ya es una forma de vida. y cuestionando a los legisladores por su falta de acciÓn. >>> ingrid barrera tiene el discurso con que este pequeÑo de una comunidad maya se ha convertido en un ejemplo nacional. >>> ya basta de gobernantes y polÍticos corruptos. >>> con un discurso de 5 minutos, jacinto no. asombrÓ al congreso de su natal quinto narrÓ. >>> en tribuna en su participaciÓn en el parlamento infantil, cuestionÓ a los polÍticos por no castigar al ex gobernador roberto borges, investigado por la presunta venta irregular de terrenos en ese estado >>> si alguno de los aquÍ presente hubiera robado una gallina para alimentar a su familia habrÍan dictado sentencia por 10 aÑos de prisiÓn. >>> jacinto vive en una comunidad maya, donde no hay televisiÓn, telÉfono ni internet cuando no estÁ en la escuela, entusiasta ayuda f las labores del hogar. >>> limpio el terreno de mi casa y cuido a mis hermanitos. >>> el salario de que gana padre de jacinto co

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. >>> a dangerous and deadly weather first in laredo, texas, where winds and rain caused havoc including downed power lines. one 14-year-old electrocuted by power lines before crews could shut it off. >> meteorologist bill karins with a flash flood threat over the next 36 hours. bill, tell us about it. >> good morning. water is going to be dangerous over the gulf coast. a lot of thunderstorms in texas. this is going to spread through the region. this area has been soaked a lot in the spring. not going to take for additional flooding. 15 million people right now are under flash flood threat. the worst is i-10 from mobile, areas in new orleans. we have more people die from flash floods than tornadoes so dangerous scenario. great countries on the west coast. look at the warmth from l.a. to the interior deserts all the way to the pacific northwest. what great a the heat to summertime temperature gauge. 104 in bakersfield, 104 in phoenix. the greatest show on earth, as you may have heard, is folding up its big top for good. acbats and animals, barnum & bailey wowed one last crowd last night.

jane wells has more. >> hey, andrew, you don't have to walk far on the streets of laredo before you'rethe two countries and bringing a lot of people, they hope, here to that $120 million new outlet mall that has been built by two publicly traded developers. cbl and horizon group properties. years in the making, just opening with a new president talking tough about a wall and this place is counting on the free flow of mexican shoppers. >> we did it because mexican consumers love brands. they aren't able to buy a lot of the brands that we have here in mexico. and when they can, they're more expensive than here. they like the labels and they like the prices. the timing was challenging, there's no two ways about it. it wasn't just the new administration. i mean, the peso has been weak for a couple of years now. which has hurt border shopping. >> our local economy is easily 40% or more dependent on the mexican shopper on the northern mexican -- the monterey, of course, you know laredo, all the northern border area. >> now further calderon said she's happy that the stores are so close to mex

laredo bru,esident he has difficulty to establish his on governor -- his own government. the secretary of immigration made a lot of money by selling landing permit to refugees and passengers who want to go to mistakes,e made two one he did not share the money with the president and he was supported by the man who opposed the president fulgencio batista. disembark, they do not know anything about the situation in cuba. in order to reestablish his power, the cuban president makes a decree. this has nothing to do with the st. louis passengers, it has to do with putting an end to the traffic of the landing permits. it puts an end to illegal immigration in cuba. the situation in cuba is getting more and more complicated. when the passengers cannot disembark and basically no one tells them anything. the one thing they heard was tomorrow, they will disembark tomorrow or the day after. they do not understand because they could legally disembarked in cuba. americanoint, the and itsoint committee head in the u.s., he knows a lot about the cuban political theme, he tries to negotiat

of fact, this storm right here back texas over the last couple days, take a look at video out of laredore flooding once again a problem. turn around, don't drown. that person did not listen trying to drive through flooded roadways. they saw inches of rain there. you see the power lines snapped. and one fatality, a 13-year-old boy actually twrid to touried t of the lines and it was live. as far as the weather, we'll continue to see the weather move in towards our region. so this is the next batch coming up in towards our area. and look at the overall pattern, up around into canada and back down. this is a huge area of low pressure, a huge trough along the east. much cooler air across our region. and really it goes all the way back towards parts of the denver area. and look at the temperatures associated with with this, 69 l lexington. last week werm lo80s and note90 much today. isolated shower possible, but most of us dry. we'll see the clouds move back in tomorrow. with that we'll see some showers most of those to the south of washington during the afternoon hours. but we'll see the bul

in laredo, texas high winds tore down dozens of power li 13-year-old boy was killed when he came intoontact with a live wire. more rain expected to fall in the coming days. >>> and doug, more rain. how saturated will we be? >> pretty saturated. some about about locations 1 to 3 inches by the end of the week. tom kierein will have more on that coming up, but the rain now is out of here and we're dealing with the cloud cover. you can see the clouds sticking around and temperatures haven't been going up all that much. we've been in the 60s most of the day. right now at 70 degrees. winds out of the south at about 7 miles per hour. average high is 77, so we're well below average. take a look at the numbers. down to the south where we saw a little bit ever sof sun, 77. now, the radar showing where the rain is down toward st. mary's county down along most of us are dub with the rain. could see a couple showers develop in our western zones especially if you've seen the sun pop out, you may see he a shower or two. but not expecting. here. you can see the showers that came through earlier this

the cuban president fidel laredo bru, he is not really famous. some people within the government, the secretary of immigration, who made a lot of money on the traffic by selling landing permits to refugees and passengers who want to go to cuba. he made two mistakes. one, he did not share the money with the president and he was supported by the man who opposed the president batista. the st. louis passengers cannot disembark. they don't know anything about the situation in cuba. in order to reestablish his power, the cuban president a -- promulgated a decree. this has nothing to do with the same as passengers. it has to do with putting an end to the traffic of the landing permits so let the secretary of immigration. the decree is to put an end to illegal immigration in cuba. the situation in cuba is getting more and more complicated. when the passengers cannot disembark and basically no one tells them anything, the living manana, tomorrow. they will disembark tomorrow or the day after. they do not understand because they could not legally disembark

-mexico border, specifically laredo and mission and mcallen. all along the border, we have talked about the significant ties between the united states and mexico, how mexico is our largest trading partner with texas and how texas farmers, ranchers and manufacturers rely greatly on trade with our southern neighbor. they pointed out that the chamber of commerce has actually issued a chart which documents that five million american jobs depend on binational trade with mexico. i think most people are unaware of that or don't pay enough attention to the fact that our economies are inextricably tied together. during my visit to the border, i was fortunate enough to have the chance to talk about our mutual security concerns with the governor of tomalikas, a state that shares its northern border with texas. i'm grateful to mexican leaders like the governor and my friend ambassador gutierrez, the new mexican ambassador to the united states who share our vision for a more secure border and more robust trade at the same time. they're not mutually exclusiv

i'm from laredo, texas. i don't just visit and take off and think i know the border better than some of the people. i live there all my life. i have to say i've seen secretaries come and go who probably see you come and go with respect. my only advice is understand the system that we're in. the branch and sometimes some of us might disagree with you. i don't think it's correct for you to tell members of congress to shut up. if we disagree, some of us might agree with you more than others. i'm just saying, otherwise it's going to be a long time -- a long term for you if you do that. i think you did that within 90 days after you got sworn in. i want to focus on the wall. i don't support the wall, for several reasons, one, private property rights. in texas we respect private property rights, it's dear to us. number two, the cost. the fence will be 6 and a half million dollars compared to $1 million of technology. i think mr. taylor who has been in the military, there's a lot of technology that should work for u

laredo, texas, a wild weekend up to 70-mile-per-hour winds, flash flooding across the gulf coast, evenain. seeing some of the really heavy rain in birmingham. water rescues there. more to come, you guys of all that this week. select cities now brought to you by liberty mutual insurance. >>> good monday morning. i am abc7 news meteorologist, phaoeubg mike nicco. our second spare the air day. more heat in these areas. heat breaks for all of us on wednesday, seasonal to warm highs into the weekend, and 59 in half moon bay and 67 in san francisco. and 87 in fremont and 87 to 96 inland. my >>> how about ginger? we're going to have more from her coming up. >> i'm glad they were feeding those sharks before she goes in. >> they'll be nice and full. >>> coming up, our exclusive with billy bush. what her daughter said when she saw the tape of her and donald trump. >>> and check out the amazing rescue of a girl that is grabbed by a sea lion. >> oh, my god! saw the tape of her and donald trump. >>> and check out the amazing rescue of a girl that is grabbed by a sea lion. mattress firmness? enter s

laredo, texas, a wild weekend up to 70-mile-per-hour wind, flash flooding across the gulf coast, evenn. seeing some of the really heavy rain in birmingham. water rescues there. more to come, you guys of all that this week. morning through this afternoon. a few isolated showers/t-storms are possible for the second half of the day with seasonable highs in the mid to upper 70s. tomorrow will be the coolest day of the week with highs only in the upper 60s to around 70. the best chance for wet weather rolls in by tomorrow evening. expect steady showe we're going to have more from her. >> i'm glad they were feeding those sharks before she goes in. >> they'll be nice and full. >>> our first look at billy bush. what her daughter said when she saw the tape of her and donald trump. >>> this amazing rescue of a girl grabbed by a sea lion. did you know 90% of couples disagree on mattress firmness? enter sleep number... she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. you can both adjust the bed for the best sleep of your life. save $700 on the temperature balancing i8 bed. go to sleepnumber.com for a

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this is laredo, texas. torrential winds, hail, damaging, flooding rains. it was a big deal.ee the damage the winds did. no word whether this was a tornado or straight-line winds. but it did a lot of damage. that's making its way into the central gulf. as we look on the radar, you can see coming out of texas and into louisiana. we have flash flood watches and flash flood warnings, stretching from texas all the way into atlanta. this is heavy rain going to make its way through the gulf coast, into the southeast. rounds of torrential rain. we've got flash flood watches and warnings and a risk of strong floods making their way through the gulf coast. the heaviest area from texas into parts of mississippi. you can see that heavy rain, four to six inches in some spots. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. . is this a lug wrench? maybe? you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out with some fog in san francisco. after that clears