By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Eagle Pass Little League Majors (12 Under) Softball All-Stars captured the District 35 Championship against the Del Rio National All-Stars 16-0 on Thursday, July 3, 2014, at the Eagle Pass Independent School District Softball Complex in Eagle Pass,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. An Eagle Pass man, Marcelo Valle, age 31, died in a three car accident on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at approximately 12:45 P.M. on Highway 57 South near the Ancira Auto Dealership in Eagle Pass, Texas. According to preliminary…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Texas Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, Texas upheld the conviction of former Maverick County Justice of the Peace Cesar Perez by a Maverick County jury of theft of property valued between $1,500 and $20,000 by a…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. An automobile collision with three vehicles involved on Highway 57 South near the Ancira Auto Dealership claimed the life of at least one person whose identity has not been released and multiple persons injured on Thursday, July 3, 2014,…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass and H.E.B. are pleased to announce the 2014 Independence Day Celebration on Friday, July 4, 2014, at 6 P.M. at Shelby Park underneath International Bridge No. 1 on the banks of the Rio Grande…

According to court documents submitted today, BNP Paribas S.A. (BNPP), a global financial institution headquartered in Paris, agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) by processing billions of dollars of transactions through…

McALLEN, Texas – Alfredo Alejandro Alvarez-Mendicuti, 35, of Mexico, has entered a plea of guilty to possessing 31 counterfeit credit and bank cards with the intent to defraud, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Alvarez-Mendicuti admitted that on April 25, 2014, he possessed 31 fake credit cards and bank cards that he had hidden in his waistband…

(PRESS RELEASE) – In Del Rio, Texas on Monday, June 30, 2014 United States District Judge Alia Moses sentenced 41-year-old CARLO LEE REYES (aka “El Raton”) to 240 months in federal prison, and 39-year-old ALICIA CASTANEDA (aka “Alicia Palomo”) to 33 months in federal prison announced Robert Pitman, United States…

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station apprehended a convicted sex offender on June 30. Agents patrolling near the Eagle Pass Port of Entry encountered Oscar Martinez-Rodrigues, 41, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras. During processing, agents discovered that Martinez-Rodrigues was deported from the United States in…

WASHINGTON — Today, U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske discussed the Dangers Awareness Campaign, an aggressive Spanish language outreach effort and an urgent call to action to community groups, the media, parents and relatives in the U.S. and Central America to save and protect the…