Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,260 pounds of narcotics in recent weeks. On Feb. 28, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station were conducting linewatch operations in an area known for human and illegal narcotics smuggling when they observed several…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The mighty Eagle Pass High School Lady Eagles varsity softball team hosts the thundering C. C. Winn High School Lady Mavericks on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at 7:30 P.M. at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Student Activity Center…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. An Eagle Pass, Texas man, Jesus Correa, age 43 years old, was murdered in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico while visiting as his lifeless body was found at a water canal or creek owned by Mineria Carbonifera de Rio Escondido…

By: Miguel Munoz, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) Board of Directors will hold a special Board of Directors meeting on Monday, March 17, 2014, at 5:30 P.M. at the District’s Second Floor Administration Conference Room at 3406 Bob Rogers Drive in Eagle…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. A United States Border Patrol Agent, Esteban Manzanares, age 32, allegedly raped three undocumented women from Honduras, an adult and two 14 year old girls, while on duty on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in Abram, Texas, near McAllen in…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in Carrizo Springs apprehended two convicted sex offenders on last week. The Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from agents at the Carrizo Springs Station at approximately 10:30 a.m., March 10, during a traffic stop they had conducted on Highway 85, northeast…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune March 14, 2014 LAREDO — Call it one of the most heralded binational agreements between the United States and Mexico you have probably never heard of. For more than a year, a Mexican customs inspection station has been open at the Laredo International Airport,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The long-awaited construction of the Overpass located on El Indio Highway (FM 10210) in Eagle Pass, Texas is scheduled to be open to the public for transportation use on Friday, March 14, 2014, announced Raul Leal, District Public Information…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The traditional Eagle Pass International Friendship Festival will be held during March 21st through 29th, 2014, announced William “Billy” Davis, President of the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce. The 2014 International Friendship Festival will kick-off on Friday, March 21st,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Directors’ super-majority of Chairman Juan Manuel “Chuco” Farias, Vice-President Rito J. Valdez, III, Humberto Duran, and Joaquin L. Rodriguez voted to reverse the Board’s previous decision not to use the services of a…