By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A second lawsuit filed by foreign-owned Dos Republicas Coal Partnership against Maverick County, Texas, Maverick County Commissioners Court, and Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo regarding the denial of a County Flood Plain Construction Permit by County Judge Saucedo…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, J.D., Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Former City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Manager Pete Sepulveda, Jr. was officially sworn-in as the new Cameron County Judge on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Cameron County Courthouse in Brownsville, Texas. Prior to his appointment to…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council sparred over the proposed City Charter Amendments which are to be placed on the May 9, 2015 Municipal Election at their regular meeting held on March 3, 2015 at City Council Chambers in City…

By Neena Satija & Alexa Ura | March 8, 2015 RIO BRAVO — It cost $12 million, and was expected to change the lives of hundreds of poor, mostly Hispanic families living in two hard-luck border towns. The Rio Bravo Water Treatment Plant opened in 2006 as a state-of-the-art technological…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Solid Waste Authority (MCSWA) Board of Directors held a special meeting on Monday, March 2, 2015, at Commissioners Courtroom in the Maverick County Courthouse in Eagle Pass, Texas, addressing the review and acceptance of their MCSWA…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune March 11, 2015 As a House committee endorsed a broad border security bill Wednesday, its members sought to reassure critics who worried the bill would allow for someone to be prosecuted for human smuggling for driving his or her undocumented grandmother home. House Bill…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council heard a presentation and took into consideration the recommendation from the Public Safety Headquarters Committee regarding the selection of a project manager and the selection of alternative schematic designs for the Public Safety Headquarters…

In preparation for this year’s 6th Annual Frontera Film Festival a group of students were selected to travel through out our state to help promote the rapidly expanding film festival. The film festival founder Mr. Jessie F. Fuentes stated that it is always a major undertaking to schedule and coordinate…

SAN ANTONIO — Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) on Tuesday deported a Guatemalan fugitive wanted in his home country for homicide. Billy Samuel Izquierdo-Ochoa, 27, was flown to Guatemala March 9 onboard a charter flight coordinated by the ICE Air Operations (IAO)…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2015, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Public Facility Corporation’s legal problems and non-compliance with its legal agreements threatens Maverick County taxpayers with potential liability in the tens of millions of dollars. For instance, the Maverick County Public Facility Corporation’s corporate charter, which…