Zavala County Justice of the Peace Dagoberto Correa Found Dead at Home With Gunshot Wound

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

Longtime Zavala County, Texas Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Dagoberto Correa, was found dead inside his home in Batesville, Texas from a gunshot wound to his chest on Wednesday, June 7, 2017.

The Dimmit County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of Judge Dagoberto Correa.  One of the points in the investigation is whether Judge Correa died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an act of suicide or from a third-party as a possible homicide.  The case remains under investigation.

Zavala County residents were surprised and saddened to learn of the death of their Justice of the Peace Dagoberto Correa.  Judge Correa served approximately 15 years as publicly elected Justice of the Peace in Precinct 1 of Zavala County, Texas.