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Pablo De La Rosa

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I grew up selling gum on the border streets of Mexico. Now a four-time award-winning journalist based in the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas.

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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Just now — The mother of Luis Ochoa, 17, whose arrest by immigration agents in Alamo, Texas, was caught on video this month, was detained at work Monday, her son says. An advocate says she was deported immediately. ICE has not confirmed. www.acrosstheamericas.com/alamo-teen-a...
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Alamo teen arrested on video says ICE detained his mother, and local advocate says she was deported
Luis Ochoa, whose arrest by ICE agents in Alamo was caught on video, says his mother was detained Monday after she spoke out online. An advocate says she has already been deported.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In the Rio Grande Valley: After a court halted border wall construction at a national refuge, an advocate says he looked into the open trench to find the panel ends, normally buried, showing 2020 dates. The only problem is funds were barred at the refuge that year.
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Environmental advocate says Santa Ana border wall steel dates to years when money was barred from the refuge
Rep. Henry Cuellar is seeking answers after an environmental advocate found that border wall panels installed at Santa Ana refuge carry 2020 fabrication dates, pointing to old funds Congress originall...
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Democrat challenging Greg Abbott in November opens a headquarters in the Rio Grande Valley today and holds events in McAllen, Weslaco and Brownsville this week. www.acrosstheamericas.com/in-fight-wit...
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In fight with Abbott, Hinojosa opens RGV headquarters and makes three valley stops
A Brownsville native seeking to unseat Greg Abbott returns to the Valley this week, where a local organizer says voters have yet to connect rising electricity bills to the governor's race.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Brownsville Commissioner Tino Villarreal says there will be a town hall on SpaceX land deal, according to a FB exchange with civic organizer Denisse Carreon. Villarreal replied that details are coming and confirmed it would be open mic. No date or location yet as of Sunday night.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In the Rio Grande Valley, the city of Brownsville voted last night to remove the 444 acres from its city limits that SpaceX is currently looking to purchase from a private owner. Residents were overwhelmed by the speed of the deal and how it happened. www.acrosstheamericas.com/brownsville-...
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Brownsville city commission gives up 444 acres for $220 million in water infrastructure funding from SpaceX
SpaceX told Brownsville that funding would be off the table unless they voted Saturday. After six hours, they unanimously approved the disannexation of 444 acres that the company is purchasing from a ...
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
📰 From the daily news brief — Port of Brownsville tempers claims about the proposed oil refinery's environmental safety, while a new study warns Trump’s National Defense Area could cause severe flooding on the Rio Grande. www.acrosstheamericas.com/news-briefs-...
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News Briefs: Chairman Guerra softens language on refinery, new report projects flooding between buoys and border wall
Port of Brownsville tempers claims about the proposed oil refinery's environmental safety, while a new study warns Trump’s National Defense Area could cause severe flooding on the Rio Grande.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The full background behind Trump's recently announced oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville that began more than a decade ago, and the political party fracturing under the pressure of soaring gas prices. My latest for Across The Americas — www.acrosstheamericas.com/port-of-brow...
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Trump revives an industrial refinery proposal on the Gulf amid rising gas prices
As the Republican party fractures over soaring gas prices, Trump asserts “energy dominance” with an oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Just now — Trump announces a new $300 billion oil refinery for the Port of Brownsville, billed as the first new U.S. refinery in 50 years. For Rio Grande Valley residents: even refineries marketed as “clean” raise concerns about air quality, water use, and impacts on wildlife and coastal ecosystems.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
As a court case in Texas threatens to strip DACA recipients of work permits at any moment and Trump pushes forward with his plan to deport millions, the future of people who were brought here as children and grew up as Americans reaches a new peak of uncertainty.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
📰 In my latest for The Border Chronicle—I heard the family story of a DACA recipient in the Rio Grande Valley amid growing cases of ICE detentions of individuals like him who should be legally protected under this federal policy. www.theborderchronicle.com/p/under-trum...
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Under Trump, DACA Recipients Struggle with New Uncertainty
Living in Trump's Deportation America right now feels like "pure trauma" says a DACA recipient in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It seems the Trump admin still hasn’t accepted that the Western Hemisphere no longer needs the U.S. to play leader—or bully. A major misread. Get ready for the U.S. to “make friends” with Latin America through brute force. History will judge VP Harris’s largely unseen work in the region vs Trump.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
There's more important things happening in our community, but I'm humbled to share that my work was highlighted in the Columbia Journalism Review. It's been a great opportunity to continue writing about the Rio Grande Valley with The Border Chronicle. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
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With the Border Chronicle, a group of veteran journalists cover “the backdrop for national politics and rhetoric.”
A group of veteran journalists cover “the backdrop for national politics and rhetoric.”
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
We see toxic narratives on social media about SNAP participants as people who do little to improve their situation. In the Rio Grande Valley, many working adults rely on this bridge to escape poverty through hard work. My latest on Across The Americas: www.acrosstheamericas.com/assistance-p...
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Assistance programs like SNAP are a crucial bridge out of poverty for many working adults in the Rio Grande Valley.
How a SNAP delay ripples through one South Texas household
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
📰 This and other important news happening right now on our latest news brief. 📩 Across The Americas is the newsletter of independent journalism from the Rio Grande Valley. Subscribe free on our website to get all our dispatches in your inbox. Saludos! www.acrosstheamericas.com
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Across The Americas
The newsletter of independent journalism from the Rio Grande Valley.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We've included voting information and are asking readers for their thoughts today on local elections and on whether media in the Rio Grande Valley is doing enough to cover them. ☕️ We'll be publishing some reader comments in a future news brief.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Election day has arrived. Do local elections matter? We want to hear from readers in the Rio Grande Valley. Plus a note on tonight's decision by the city of Brownsville to possibly dissolve its LGBTQ+ task force. www.acrosstheamericas.com/reader-quest...
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Reader question: Do local elections matter? Plus, Brownsville may dissolve its LGBTQ+ task force
Voters across the U.S. are casting ballots in key state and local races today, including in the Rio Grande Valley.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
📰 This and more important news happening right now on our latest news briefing for Across The Americas. 📩 Across The Americas is the newsletter of independent journalism from the Rio Grande Valley. Subscribe free on our website to get all our dispatches in your inbox. www.acrosstheamericas.com
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Across The Americas
The newsletter of independent journalism from the Rio Grande Valley.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
From our latest news brief — The Rio Grande Valley honors victims of the 1915 Texas massacres, Trump faces court battles over SNAP, and Texas voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide 17 state constitutional amendments. www.acrosstheamericas.com/la-caminata-...
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La caminata honors 'the last colonial rebellion', Trump fights SNAP payments in court, election day set for Tuesday
Trinidad Gonzales, who co-founded the history project Refusing to Forget, said the murders happened "in response to the last colonial rebellion by ethnic Mexicans against U.S. sovereignty."
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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Across The Americas
Insightful, independent journalism from the Rio Grande Valley and North Tamaulipas in your inbox.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📩 Keep up with the latest by signing up on our website to get all our dispatches in your inbox. Saludos!
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
If elected, Hinojosa would be the first Latina and the first person from the Rio Grande Valley to hold the office. She referred to the region as “the community that raised me and made me the woman I am today” at her campaign kickoff in Brownsville.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Who is running for Texas governor? A quick look from one of our news briefs earlier this week that included coverage of state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, a Rio Grande Valley native running for governor.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📌 Make sure to subscribe via email on our website to get all of our dispatches in your inbox. 🍊 Across The Americas is the newsletter of independent journalism in the Rio Grande Valley. Saludos!
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📰 This story and more on this preview of a regular news digest we're working on launching for the Rio Grande Valley designed with reader suggestions. Let us know what you think! 🙏 A special thanks to everyone who shared their input.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
📰 “We are working hard to make this event a reflection of the beautiful culture of our border region” — STEP is leading the effort to create a dynamic blend of queer visibility and Latinx representation as a family event for all ages. www.acrosstheamericas.com/lgbtqia-lati...
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LGBTQIA+ LatinX Pride this Saturday, Food Bank RGV needs volunteers, and more stories from the Rio Grande Valley
The South Texas Equality Project is leading the effort to create a dynamic blend of queer visibility and Latinx representation as a family event for all ages.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
“Every single issue we have in Texas, there is that connection,” state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, who is running for governor, said about Abbott’s billionaire donor network. This and more stories from the Rio Grande Valley on Across The Americas. www.acrosstheamericas.com/hinojosa-on-...
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Hinojosa on the campaign trail and more stories from the Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley native State Rep. Gina Hinojosa is going after Abbott's mega donor network.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
📰 “Families in the Rio Grande Valley will feel these cuts the most" — Almost 330,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley are enrolled in SNAP as the government shutdown threatens to cut off food assistance. My latest for Across The Americas: www.acrosstheamericas.com/over-300-000...
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Over 300,000 people in the Rio Grande Valley face losing SNAP in November
Democrats, including Rep. Henry Cuellar and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins calling for the use of emergency funds.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country," Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted on Friday in response to Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s framing of the event as a "hate America rally."
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
the domestic use of the military and aggressive immigration enforcement sweeping up U.S. citizens and undocumented immigrants alike, which they say has created a civil liberties crisis in the country. "It’s a rally of millions of people who believe...
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
More than 2,000 "No Kings" peaceful protests are planned across the country for Saturday, including four in the Rio Grande Valley. Critics of President Trump are demanding an end to what they characterize as authoritarian policies and a weakening of democratic norms, including...
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Curanderismo is being reclaimed during a time of deep uncertainty in the U.S. A historian and teacher of the tradition says there is now a surge of interest in reconnecting with cultural roots. www.acrosstheamericas.com/healing-trad...
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Healing Traditions: How Curanderismo is Reviving Cultural Connection in the Borderlands
Mexican folk medicine is being reclaimed during a time of deep uncertainty in the U.S. political climate.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Read the whole story here, and subscribe to Across The Americas for more from the Rio Grande Valley borderlands. Saludos! www.acrosstheamericas.com/key-trump-le...
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Key Trump legislation boosts border security while cutting food aid for millions
Analysts say the administration is making it harder for policymakers and the public to track the effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Libby Saenz, CEO of the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley, told the Rio Grande Guardian in July that the Trump cuts to SNAP will be “nothing short of catastrophic” for border communities, many of which are seeing military roll in alongside increased border wall construction.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Kyle Ross, a policy analyst at the Center for American Progress, said the timing of the USDA’s report cancellation “is no coincidence” after food aid cuts, saying "the administration is making it more difficult for policymakers and the public to track the harms."
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
In September, the USDA announced it would no longer publish a report on how many lack reliable access to food. Its part of a broader trend within the administration to downplay data that could show the impact of controversial policies. (Photo: Gabriel B Kotico/The White House)
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Thread on the latest from Across The Americas — In many cultures, caring for the needy is a litmus test for societal health. In the U.S., Trump's key legislation boosts border security by $170 billion, while cutting food aid for millions. (Photo: World Central Kitchen)
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Cristela Alonzo recently weighed in on why the Rio Grande Valley voted for Trump. The interview is especially resonant now as the Latino support Trump gained in 2024 shows signs of coming apart even as Democrats struggle to connect with these voters. www.acrosstheamericas.com/cristela-alo...
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Cristela Alonzo weighs in on why the Rio Grande Valley voted for Trump
Alonzo said Republicans gained influence in South Texas “through the church,” an observation echoed by political organizers in the region.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Tom Homan spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in July 2024, around the time the FBI opened a probe in Texas that led to him being secretly recorded accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help undercover agents win government contracts, MSNBC broke today.
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The Border Chronicle @theborderchronicle.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
New in The Border Chronicle by @pablodelarosa.bsky.social Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande? 💧🦂 “It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.
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Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande?
“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
📰 My latest on Across The Americas — In April, American Rivers designated the Rio Grande as endangered. The new Water Resiliency Fund hopes to begin answering the call for billions in infrastructure investments from stakeholders in the region. www.acrosstheamericas.com/can-the-wate...
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Can the Water Resiliency Fund Help Revive the Endangered Rio Grande?
“It’s billions of dollars to focus on this, and this is all hands on deck," says Jesse Hereford, a NADBank official.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Here's a map showing how close the SpaceX rocket facility Starbase is to Mexico. Take a look at how Texas beaches don't stop at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Mexican environmental groups are beginning to push back against the company. Story: www.acrosstheamericas.com/communities-...
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Communities in Mexico are pushing back against SpaceX operations in Texas. I spoke with Angela Kocherga for The Texas Standard this week for this story. Listen here: www.texasstandard.org/stories/tama...
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Protestors in Mexico oppose impact of bigger SpaceX launches
Recent rockets have scattered debris on the beach in Tamaulipas.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thanks to all who joined Todd Miller and I LIVE for @theborderchronicle.bsky.social this morning. Here’s Todd’s piece, a powerful meditation on the history shaping our current moment. My writeup on Mexico communities affected by SpaceX is up on TBC as well. www.theborderchronicle.com/p/the-tower-...
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The Tower and the Tarantula: Searching for a New Way Forward 24 Years after 9/11
A reflection on the development of a border war machine, its imposition, its fragility, and the necessity of finding another way.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
You can also listen to this week's interview on this story with KTEP's Angela Kocherga at @texasstandard.bsky.social, the 'national daily news show of Texas' here: www.texasstandard.org/stories/tama...
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Protestors in Mexico oppose impact of bigger SpaceX launches
Recent rockets have scattered debris on the beach in Tamaulipas.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Join me on Friday morning, September 12 at 11:30 a.m. for a discussion on Substack live with @theborderchronicle.bsky.social's Todd Miller about what really happened out on the water that day. On the Substack app for mobile, join here: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said in June that the federal government was looking into a possible lawsuit against SpaceX based on damage sustained in the region from rocket launches. You can read my story from this week here: www.acrosstheamericas.com/communities-...
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Communities push back against SpaceX in Tamaulipas
A Mexican conservation group says Elon Musk’s rocket launches from South Texas are killing turtles, damaging homes, and littering Tamaulipas beaches with debris.
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This is one of the more shocking stories I've covered this year. During a political demonstration, activists on small boats were met by helicopters performing low fly-overs. Organizations said they feared being capsized into the ocean from the turbulence. (Image Conibio)
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Some of those residents in Mexico, along with environmental groups in the state of Tamaulipas are beginning to organize protests on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico during rocket launches from Starbase. (Image Conibio)
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Communities in Mexico are now reporting the same kind of effects we've seen in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas — industrial debris, loss of endangered wildlife, structural damage to buildings and other effects from extreme sound and vibrations. (Image Google Earth)
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Pablo De La Rosa @pablodelarosa.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
For years, environmental groups in South Texas have petitioned and sued the federal government to stop rocket launches at the Starbase SpaceX facility where the world's most powerful rocket, Starship, is being developed by Elon Musk's company. (Image John Kraus)
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