Director Anthony Ruiz of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) San Antonio District Office announced that SBA opened a Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Eagle Pass to meet the needs of businesses and residents who were affected by the flooding that occurred October 8 – 9. The center opened Tuesday,…

Written by Walter Ewing After 9/11, the immigration detention system in the United States began to expand dramatically, with very little in the way of transparency or accountability as to how the system operated or what happened to the people who were detained. Not surprisingly, stories began to surface of…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Carrizo Springs Station arrested a Mexican national who had been previously convicted of murder. “Our agents work tirelessly to protect our nation’s borders, and this is just another great example of their efforts,” said Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol…

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015 The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Division of Emergency Management notified Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo that Maverick County’s Application for Disaster Relief due to the October 8, 2015 flooding caused by over 12 inches of rain during…

By Mary Kenney, Senior Staff Attorney at the American Immigration Council and Patrick Taurel, Legal Fellow at the American Immigration Council. On June 7, 2010, Sergio Adrian Hernandez Guereca, a fifteen-year-old Mexican national, was playing with a group of friends on the Mexican side of the border near the Paso del…

Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Texas businesses and residents affected by flooding that occurred October 8 – 9, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet announced today. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. Greg…

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer from Brownsville has been sentenced for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Jose Luis Zavala, 38, pleaded guilty March 3, 2015. On October 8, 2015, U.S. District…

EAGLE PASS, TEXAS – IBC Bank-Eagle Pass has promoted Carlos Garza to vice president of Commercial Lending. In his new role Garza will manage an expanded portfolio of commercial loans and deposits and serve as the primary interface between the area business community and the bank. It is Garza’s fifth…

(Press Release) In Midland, 22–year-old Zane Paul O’Neal faces an agreed sentence of 23 years in federal prison after pleading guilty this afternoon to his role in the death of Sandy Brooke Franklin earlier this year announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special…

by Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune Oct. 23, 2015 WASHINGTON — For the first time in 24 years, Pete Gallego is not legislating. And it’s obvious he misses it. After decades spent as a Democratic fixture at the Texas Capitol, Gallego served a single term in Congress, where he lost…