Locals lined up for the bi-weekly food aid event at Val Verde County Community Center, which was postponed since Friday after the trucks hauling the food from Laredo arrived a day late.
A weather-worn “Westland World” sign is posted along public access Ranch Road 1024 in Val Verde County. Westland World marketing suggests the remote property is being transformed by international investors into a “smart city” with an exorbitant value of $32,000 per acre, but the designated area was almost indistinguishable from neighboring ranchland and showed no indication of infrastructure development.