September 1, 2014: Eagle Pass Police Officers investigating suspicious activity at approximately 8:00 PM around a vehicle parked at a local hotel resulted in the arrest of a male subject identified as 20 year old Eduardo Martell. Officers observed the vehicle had a broken window and upon speaking with Martell…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass detained a San Antonio man Wednesday after discovering he was wanted for sexual assault of a child. “Working with our state, local and federal law enforcement partners in detecting outstanding fugitives is one of the key functions…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo proposed that Maverick County develop and build a third International Bridge between Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico in an interview with a Mexican news media this week. County Judge Saucedo…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. United States Attorney Robert Pitman for the Western District of Texas announced that a San Antonio, Texas federal grand jury indicted Eagle Passan Jesus Rogelio Olivas on two counts for possession and conspiracy to possess controlled substance on July…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Sept. 4, 2014 McALLEN — Hidalgo County voters will elect a new top lawman this November, replacing a former sheriff who was sentenced to five years in prison following a public corruption scandal. Guadalupe “Lupe” Treviño, a Democrat, was convicted in July on a…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council held their first Public Hearing for the proposed 2014-2015 tax rate increase and another 2014-2015 Budget Workshop on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at City Hall in Eagle Pass, Texas. Facing possible budget cuts to…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. On a quiet, peaceful Sunday morning of August 31, 2014, while most people were still asleep or just waking up, a loud and sudden explosion rocked the Mexican Customs Inspection Office at approximately 7:30 A.M. in Piedras Negras, Coahuila,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Middle Rio Grande Development Council (MRGDC) Board of Director recognized and honored Cotulla City Manager Larry Dovalina, La Salle County Fire Chief Johnny Gomez, longtime MRGDC Workforce Director Elizabeth Sifuentes, and Sister Ursula Herrera, R.N. for their outstanding…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass City Council recognized and honored Pedro Martinez and Jose Regalado for their extraordinary dedication and service to the City of Eagle Pass at their Tuesday, September 2, 2014, regular meeting. Pedro Martinez served 19 years with…

By: Tony Pugh  | MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU WASHINGTON — If the 23 states that have rejected expanding Medicaid under the 2010 health care law continue to do so for the next eight years, they’ll pay $152 billion to extend the program in other states _ while receiving nothing in return. This massive…