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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-09-009220
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090213

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1359
		STREET 2:		1200 SAN BERNARDO
		CITY:			LAREDO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78040
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">International Bancshares Corporation</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christian N. Windsor</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">United States and Securities Exchange
Commission</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street,
NE</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mail Stop 4561</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>International Bancshares Corporation<br>
Form&nbsp;10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2007<br>
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended September&nbsp;30, 2008<br>
File No.&nbsp;000-09439</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Windsor:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of International
Bancshares Corporation, a Texas corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the applicable rules&nbsp;and regulations thereunder, this letter is
submitted in response to the comments received in your letter to the Company
dated February&nbsp;10, 2009 (the &#147;Comment Letter&#148;).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following responses have
been numbered to correspond to the numbered comments contained in the Comment
Letter.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31,
2007</font></u></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 11. Executive Compensation</font></u></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compensation Discussion and Analysis</font></u></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Annual Cash Bonus Incentives, page&nbsp;12 of
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</font></u></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">1.</font></i>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <i>We note your response to
comment 1 in our letter dated January&nbsp;21, 2009.&#160; Based on the arguments presented, we cannot
agree with the conclusion that you have an appropriate basis to omit the
information requested by our comment.&#160;
The types of targets that are used in the EICP are the very types of
targets that have not been considered covered by Instruction 4, as the
potential for competitive harm does not appear to be present.&#160; Please see the Staff&#146;s Observations in the
Review of Executive Compensation Disclosure, October&nbsp;2007.&#160; Please confirm that you will disclose the
targets used to pay bonuses under the EICP for 2008 and discuss any material
changes to the targets that are to be used for the upcoming year.</i></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Response:</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company confirms that it
will disclose the targets used to pay bonuses under the EICP for 2008 in its Form&nbsp;10-K
for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008 by incorporation by reference
from its Proxy Statement for the Company&#146;s 2009 annual meeting.&#160; The Company will not make any material
changes to the targets used to pay bonuses under the EICP for the upcoming year
because, as discussed in paragraph 3 of the Company&#146;s letter to the Staff dated
January&nbsp;9, 2009 in response to the Staff&#146;s comment letter to the Company
dated December&nbsp;29, 2008, the Company voluntarily terminated the EICP on December&nbsp;19,
2008.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We hope the foregoing, is
responsive to your comments and satisfactorily addresses the matters raised by
the Staff in the Comment Letter.&#160; Please
call Eliza Gonzalez, the Company&#146;s Senior Vice President, at 956-726-6651 with
any questions or comments.</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sincerely,</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INTERNATIONAL
  BANCSHARES</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Dennis
  E. Nixon</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dennis E.
  Nixon, President</font></p>
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