Telemundo 40 Rio Grande Valley launches investigative franchise – Telemundo Responde

Telemundo 40 Rio Grande Valley / KTLM announced the expansion of the Telemundo Station Group’s successful and popular consumer investigative franchise – Telemundo Responde (Telemundo Responds) – to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Telemundo 40, which serves the tenth largest Hispanic market in the country, will debut South Texas’ first-ever, dedicated consumer investigative team this month and will answer inquiries from local residents who fear they may have been wronged in some way. Consumers who have had to live in deplorable living conditions because of lack of building repairs, were defrauded by individuals who claimed to be U.S. Department of Justice-accredited representatives authorized to process federal immigration cases, or failed to receive insurance funds they were owed from individuals they had contracted to help them are just some of the examples of how the Telemundo Responde teams are helping consumers all across the country.

Ana Cecilia Méndez, who has worked as a News Anchor and Reporter for Telemundo 40’s weekend newscasts since 2013, will be the new Consumer Investigative Reporter in charge of leading the local Telemundo 40 Responde team at KTLM. Telemundo 40’s first Telemundo Responde report will air on Thursday, May 26 during the local station’s weekday newscast, Noticias Telemundo 40, which airs Monday to Fridays at 4:30 PM, 5 PM and 10 PM and on Saturday and Sundays at 4:30 PM and 10 PM.

“Telemundo Responde is helping to transform communities all across the country, and our Hispanic viewers are taking notice of this invaluable resource that only their local Telemundo-owned stations can provide,” said José Flores, President and General Manager, Telemundo 40. “The launch of Telemundo Responde in the Rio Grande Valley – the fourth dedicated consumer investigative unit in Texas – demonstrates our commitment to deliver the local news, information and resources that our viewers need to stay ahead. Ana Cecilia is a dedicated journalist who will dig in, push back and get the answers that our local consumers have been deprived of for far too long.”

“As a journalist and resident of the Rio Grande Valley, I am very proud and honored to speak up and be the advocate that our consumers need and help empower them,” said Méndez. “Consumers should not have to wait months to receive funds owed to them, or fall victim to identity fraud or theft because they didn’t know where they could turn to receive help. Telemundo 40 Responde will fill this informational gap and I’m certain that it will become one of the most important resources for our community, like it has become for 11 other markets across the nation.”

Since joining Telemundo 40 in 2013, Ana Cecilia Méndez has anchored the station’s local weekend newscasts and helped to deliver live, local breaking news for viewers all across the Rio Grande Valley. Prior to joining the Telemundo family, Méndez worked as reporter for various television stations in México, including Televisa Hermosillo / XHAK and Mexicanal Network. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the Universidad del Valle in México.