Results tagged “themexican”

We checked our bank account today and had to fight the urge to pick up the phone and call mom and dad for a handout loan. Things are looking bleak our immediate financial future. Good thing there’s a big ass (free) party happening this weekend! It’s better known as the Westheimer Block Party.

The legal situation regarding Juan Leonardo Quintero, an illegal immigrant accused of shooting a Houston police officer to death after a traffic stop last week, is shaping up: According to the Chronicle, Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal will put on his prosecutor's hat to lead the case against Quintero. Rosenthal hasn't helped prosecute a case in years, but he said he was moved by a meeting with Officer Rodney Johnson's family. Quintero, meanwhile, remains in...

A pair of bodies found in a northeast Houston field are believed to be those of Maria Chrisalee Aparece and Huy Ngo, who have been missing since Sunday and are believed to have been the vicims of carjackers The Mexican government is opposing the execution of Angel Maturino Resendiz, the "Railroad Killer," saying mentally ill people shouldn't be subject to the death penalty The average price for a gallon of gas in Houston dropped 4...

A new controversy has risen out of the larger issue of proposed federal legislation that would crack down on illegal immigrants: the use of the Mexican flag as a symbol by those protesting the stricter laws. The Chronicle notes today a case at Reagan High School, where Principal Robert Pambello flew the Mexican flag along with the U.S. and Texas flags on the school's flagpole yesterday. Pambello was ordered to remove the Mexican flag because...

Houstonist couldn’t begin posting fast enough to talk about our new favorite neighbors, the colony of Mexican freetail bats living under the Waugh Drive bridge over Buffalo Bayou. The 250,000 bats come out from under the bridge at sunset, heading toward downtown to feed on moths, mosquitoes and unsuspecting secretaries. This is actually a patriotic thing: The Mexican freetail is the official state flying mammal of Texas. Which Houstonist already knew, of course. What’s unusual...