(Press Release) In San Antonio this afternoon, a federal jury convicted 49–year-old Luis Valencia of San Antonio, and his nephew, 34-year-old Mauricio Valencia of San Antonio, for their scheme to steal oil from oil companies and oilfield service companies operating in the South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale, announced U.S. Attorney…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018 The United States Geological Survey reported a 3.5 Magnitude Richter Scale Earthquake struck in Atascosa County, Texas, only 40 miles southeast of San Antonio, Texas, on Saturday, January 6, 2018.  The earthquake struck near the City of Fashing within Atascosa…

In Del Rio today, 50-year-old Juan Martin Bernal of Eagle Pass, TX, was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal an estimated $1.4 Million worth of Eagle Ford Shale oil announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 Former Eagle Pass Independent School District Transportation Director Hector M. Rodriguez, age 69,  was killed in a rollover automobile accident on U.S. Highway 277 in Maverick County, Texas between Eagle Pass and Carrizo Springs, Texas on Saturday, September 26,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A two vehicle head-on collision between a semi-trailer truck and an automobile on U.S. Highway 83 North near the Webb County and Dimmit County lines on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at approximately 11 a.m. caused the death of three…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. As the price of oil per barrel and gas at the pump continues to decline, there are growing financial concerns for tens of thousands of oil and gas drilling employees, employers, suppliers, and communities in the Eagle Ford Shale…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A four vehicle accident one mile north of Asherton, Texas on U.S. Highway 83 North on Thursday, January 15, 2015, has killed five people, announced Texas Department of a Transportation spokesperson Raul Leal of Laredo, Texas. The four vehicles…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. An Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas worker was killed in a freak accident while working on an oil drilling rig near El Indio, Texas, within Maverick County, on December 22, 2014. The victim was identified as Jose Domingo…

In Laredo, TX, today, federal authorities arrested 37-year-old Victor Manuel Guerra, Jr., in connection with an alleged theft of Eagle Ford Shale oil announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman; Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division; and William Cotter, Internal Revenue…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A horrific rear-end collision at approximately 12 Noon on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, by an 18 wheeler tractor-trailer against a stationary van and pick-up truck awaiting construction on U.S. Highway 277 South between Eagle Pass and Carrizo Springs, Texas,…