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McAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Hidalgo County. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, across from the Mexican city of Reynosa. McAllen is about 70 mi (110 km) west of the Gulf of Mexico.
In 2001, the McAllen Central Station was opened in Downtown McAllen, which provides a transit hub for all local lines, as well as connects to a variety of domestic and international bus lines. The City of McAllen created the Transit Department that same year to help manage the recently created McAllen Central Station.
McAllen Miller International Airport terminal built. [1] South Texas Community College opens. [1] 1995 - City Hall rebuilt. [1] 1997 City website online. [21] [22] Rubén Hinojosa becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district. [23] 1998 - Texas State Bank building constructed. [1] 1999 - "Futuro McAllen" civic group formed ...
The Panama Unit was a special task force comprising Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office deputies and Mission Police Department officers that answered directly to Guadalupe "Lupe" Treviño, Hidalgo County Sheriff from 2005 to 2014, despite him denying such in court. [5] The Unit was designed to target street-level drug dealers.
In 2004, Richard held the position of Vice Chairman of the McAllen Public Utility Board, a board entrusted with the water and sewer services for the City of McAllen. In June 2005, Richard Cortez was elected the 19th Mayor of the City of McAllen. He was re-elected for a second four-year term in May 2009, garnering 82 percent of the popular vote.
McAllen — a city in Hidalgo County, and in the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan and Reynosa–McAllen Metropolitan Areas, in South Texas and the Mexico-U.S. Border area. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Jim Darling (born January 14, 1949) is an American politician who served as the 20th mayor of McAllen, Texas from 2013 to 2021. He won re-election in May 2017. He won re-election in May 2017. [ 2 ]
Reynosa–McAllen, [1] also known as McAllen–Reynosa, [2] or simply as Borderplex, [3] is one of the six international conurbations along the Mexico–U.S border. The city of Reynosa is situated in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, while the city of McAllen is located in the American state of Texas, directly north across the bank of the Rio Grande.