Lagordiloca reports on crime from the Texas border

Some of Priscilla Villarreal Trevino’s nearly 84,000 followers say they trust her live video reports from crime scenes, often peppered with Spanish profanities.

Some of Priscilla Villarreal Trevino’s nearly 84,000 followers say they trust her live video reports from crime scenes, often peppered with Spanish profanities.

(Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times)

Jan. 24, 2018 3 AM PT

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Fans from Los Angeles to Chicago, from New York to Puerto Rico follow Priscilla Villarreal Treviño, known online as Lagordiloca, or “crazy fat lady,” as she delivers bilingual nightcrawler-style reports on car crashes, shootings and other crimes in and around Laredo, Texas.

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Villarreal, 33, joins relatives at her sister’s house in Laredo, grabbing food and playing games before returning to her night shift.

(Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times)

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Jaime Morales, owner of Big Daddy’s food truck, photographs Villarreal.

(Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times)

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From left, Villarreal checks tips on her smartphone during a barbacoa dinner with her cousin Cecily Vera and mother Maricela Rodriguez.

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Villarreal talks to Luciano Lacara, a witness to a fatal hit-and-run.

(Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times)

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Villarreal, right, poses with workers at a Taco Palenque restaurant she frequents in Laredo.

(Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times )

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