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Piedras Negras Taqueria #2
With accommodating hours, reasonable prices, and an interesting location, Piedras Negras Taqueria #2 is No. 1
"...Piedras Negras Taqueria #2Northwest corner of East Cesar Chavez and..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Food Review by Mick Vann

The Taco Kings, Besieged
A conflict with neighborhoods has made the previously independent street taco vendors organize in self-defense
"...of Cesar Chavez and Pleasant Valley and approach the Piedras Negras taco stand. It's part of a weeklong effort..."

Aug. 11, 2006 News Feature by Michael May

Bicycles for Justice
Austin collective builds bikes to donate to others
"...225 miles from Austin to the border crossing at Piedras Negras and then on to Acuña with the intent..."

March 16, 2012 News Feature by Ramon Martinez

El terror del sueño americano
Cómo Texas destrozó el camino a la ciudadanía de un residente de Austin
"...Mejía decidió cruzar el río en Piedras Negras porque había escuchado que la corriente era débil...."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

How Texas Wreaked Havoc on One Man's Journey to Citizenship
Living the American nightmare
"...Mejía decided to cross the river in Piedras Negras, where he had heard the current was weaker...."

May 19, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence
Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law
"...migrants died trying to cross the Rio Grande from Piedras Negras, Mexico, into Eagle Pass as state troopers and..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

Lawsuits Are Mounting Against Abbott's Border Operation
The Department of Justice, ACLU of Texas challenge scheme
"...there is a natural flow between Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, speaking to her childhood memories of crossing the..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Benton Graham

"Dogs Heal in Borderlandia: Andrea Muñoz Martinez"
In her solo exhibition at Link & Pin Gallery, the artist provides canine companions for a most colorful landscape
"...represent the areas around Uvalde in South Texas and Piedras Negras in Coahuila, Mexico. Having grown up there, fished..."

March 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles
“It’s about all of us”
"...about 200 mostly indigenous demonstrators marched from the Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Bridge to the mine site 8.5 miles..."

Sept. 30, 2016 News Feature by Greg Harman

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup
Circling the Thunderdome
"...For generations, all that distinguished Eagle Pass, Texas, from Piedras Negras, Mexico, was the Rio Grande. But when darkness..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Strangers as friends, the first nachos, and more
"...Ignacio Anaya, chef at the old Victory Club in Piedras Negras (a small Mexican town just across the border..."

April 29, 2011 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Naked City
Witness says student was in love with Pitonyak
"...been shot, stabbed, and dismembered. Pitonyak was arrested in Piedras Negras, Mexico, on Aug. 23, after police got a..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City
Suspect caught in Mexico; allegedly mutilated victim with hacksaw
"...at 2529 Rio Grande. Pitonyak was picked up in Piedras Negras, Mexico, on an immigration violation – a move..."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Spanked All Over
Top Ten Environmental Stories of 1995
"...to belch out of two coal-fired power plants near Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and it has caused visibility at Big..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

The Mother of All Mex
Tapping the Interior Source
"...Rosita, Coahuila (not far from the border southwest of Piedras Negras), is jalapeños en escabeche. This relish of herbed..."

June 23, 1995 Arts Feature by Patrick Earvolino

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