In April 2011, LareDOS publisher Guerra received the First Amendment Community Watchdog Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, Fort Worth Chapter for two stories concerning the state of living in the colonias near Laredo, Texas, and damage done to the National Historic Landmark, Fort Treviño in San Ygnacio, Texas, when city workers accidentally sprayed tar all over the walls of the historic building when they were paving a road.
