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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315709
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				742157138
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-09439
		FILM NUMBER:		03831075

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12OO SAN BERNARDO AVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1359
		CITY:			LAREDO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78040-1359
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9567227611

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		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1359
		STREET 2:		1200 SAN BERNARDO
		CITY:			LAREDO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78040
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> August 8, 2003</font></b></font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INTERNATIONAL BANCSHARES CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Commission File Number<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> 0-9439</font></b></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Texas</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">74-2157138</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S.
  Employer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1200 San Bernardo, Laredo, Texas</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">78040-1359</font></b></p>
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  telephone number, including area code)&#160;
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(956) 722-7611</font></b></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Former
  name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 76.5pt;text-indent:-76.5pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 12.</font></u></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">  <u>Results
of Operations and Financial Condition</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On August 8, 2003, International Bancshares
Corporation issued a news release announcing second quarter 2003 earnings.&#160; The news release, attached hereto and filed
herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;99, is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All of the information
furnished in Item&nbsp;12 of this report and the accompanying exhibits are also
intended to be included under &#147;Item 9 &#151; Regulation Fair Disclosure&#148; and shall
not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that
section and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></b></p>

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  BANCSHARES CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160; (Registrant)</font></b></p>
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  E. NIXON</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">99</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">News
  Release of International Bancshares Corporation dated August 8, 2003</font></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT 99</font></b></p>

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<h1 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IBC Announces Earnings</font></h1>

<p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">LAREDO, Texas&#151;(BUSINESS
WIRE)&#151;August 8, 2003&#151;International Bancshares Corporation (&#147;IBC&#148;) (Nasdaq:IBOC
- - News) today reported </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">net income for the second
quarter of 2003 of </font><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$28.5</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> million or <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$.74</font></b> per share
- - basic (<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$.72 </font></b>per share - diluted)
compared to <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$24.9</font></b> million or <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$.62</font></b> per share - basic (<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$.60 </font></b>per share - diluted), which represents
a <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">20%</font></b> increase in diluted earnings
per share and a <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">14.5%</font></b> increase in
net income over the corresponding period in 2002.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net Income for the first
six months of 2003 was <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$59.8</font></b>
million, or <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$1.54</font></b> per share &#151;
basic (<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$1.52</font></b> per share diluted
compared to <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$42.3</font></b> million, or <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$1.05</font></b> per share &#151; basic (<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$1.02</font></b> per share diluted), which represents
a <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">49.0%</font></b> increase in diluted
earnings per share and a <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">41.4%</font></b>
increase in net income over the corresponding period in 2002.&#160; The per share data is fully adjusted for
stock dividends, the most recent of which was a 25% stock dividend declared on
May 19, 2003 and paid on June 15, 2003.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The increase for the
first six months of 2003 compared to the same period of 2002 can be partially
attributed to impairment charges taken by the Company during 2002 due to the
adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, &#147;Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets&#148; (&#147;SFAS 142&#148;) and the Company&#146;s share of losses on its
investment in the Aircraft Finance Trust (&#147;AFT&#148;).&#160; The adoption of SFAS 142 resulted in an impairment charge of <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$5.1</font></b> million, after tax, on its investment
services unit during the first quarter 2002.&#160;
The total losses recorded on its investment in AFT totaled <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$6.3</font></b> million, after tax, for the six months
ended June 30, 2002.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;I&#146;m very pleased with
the continued growth in our earnings,&#148; said Dennis E. Nixon, Chairman and CEO
of International Bancshares Corporation. &#147;The Company has continued to grow its
earnings in the second quarter clearly reflecting the Company&#146;s commitment to
improved earnings.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total assets at June 30,
2003 were <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$6.8</font></b> billion compared to
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$6.5</font></b> billion at December 30, 2002.
Total net loans were <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$2.7</font></b> billion
at June 30, 2003 and at December 31, 2002. Deposits at June 30, 2003, were <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$4.3</font></b> billion compared to <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$4.2</font></b> billion at December 31, 2002.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IBC is a $6.8 billion
multi-bank financial holding company headquartered in Laredo, Texas, with over
100 facilities and over 200 ATMs serving 35 communities including Houston, San
Antonio, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Brownsville, Port Lavaca, Zapata, Eagle Pass
and several others in the central, southern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Safe Harbor&#148;
statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The
statements contained in this release which are not historical facts contain
forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future
performance of IBC and its subsidiaries, the occurrence of which involve
certain risks and uncertainties detailed in IBC&#146;s filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.</font></p>

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downloaded from the SEC filings site located at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.</font></h1>

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