]]> ]]> Excerpt: "The RGVLS, Inc. 10-year development facilities plan calls for the investment of over 4 million dollars in the next 5 years to bring the facilities and its management and marketing infrastructure to 21st Century market standards. The goal of the RGVLS, Inc. is to increase attendance and revenues by 25% over the next five years, creating 1,099 new jobs and injecting $250 million into the local economy over the same 5-year period."]]> Ruben Hinojosa Congressional Papers]]> ]]> ]]> El Cuhamil record]]> https://rgvprimarysourceguides.omeka.net/items/show/41]]>
Subsequently, Troop D was increasingly harrassed and violence was threatened against them on Nov. 20, 1899. Presuming an assault on the garrison that evening, Post Commander 2d Lt. E. H. Rubottom ordered extra guards and scouts as gunfire erupted between residents and soldiers. When the gunfire exchange escalated, Rubottom ordered a Gatling gun to be shot to quell the violence, resulting in one minor injury.

Official federal and state investigations and proceedings failed to assign culpability to the citizens of Rio Grande City, and unsurprisingly, the Starr County grand jury found the soldiers acted without provocation and the US Army stated Rubottom had acted unwisely.]]> Brownsville Herald, p. 1.]]>