Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,000 pounds of narcotics in recent weeks. In several incidents between Dec. 20 and Jan. 19, agents from Del Rio Sector seized 1,090 pounds of abandoned marijuana worth an estimated $872,000.  In all of the…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass apprehended two convicted sex offenders this week. On Jan. 21, agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station working linewatch duties, approximately one mile northwest of the Eagle Pass Port of Entry, Bridge I, apprehended Jose Luis Melendez-Renderos, 23, an…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass arrested Piedras Negras man Friday after finding more than $600,000 worth of narcotics hidden in the car he was driving. “Our CBP officers are the first line of defense against illicit narcotics entering the country,” said Cynthia…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Two 18 Wheeler Tractor-Trailers were involved in a dramatic head-on collision on U.S. Highway 57 South approximately eight miles past the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Maverick County, Texas at approximately 3 A.M. on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, injuring…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The 2014 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale (MCJLS) will kick-off with the Jesus “ Chuy” Sanchez Memorial Community Cowboy Breakfast on Tuesday January 21, 2014 at 7 A.M. at the Zan Mathies Show Barn located at the…

On Friday, January 17, 2014, at approximately 3:36pm, the Eagle Pass Police Department conducted a vehicle stop on a white in color pickup truck by the 600 Block of Comal Street. After the driver was identified it was learned that he had an active warrant from the Eagle Pass Police…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Jan. 19, 2014 LAREDO — Braving the unusually cold temperatures one recent afternoon, Aurelia Alcantar crossed the Puente de las Américas international bridge from Mexico into this South Texas town. She was going shopping, and crossing the border let her avoid a recent tax…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas is giving 200 Trainees rabies Immunizations due to their potential contact with Bats in their dormitories. Several bats were found inside the Lackland Trainees’ dormitories causing the military base public health…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The County of Maverick, Texas remains in non-compliance with state law requiring that Texas counties file their previous year’s Financial Statement and Audit by no later than March 1st of the following year as a result of its failure…

By: Jose G. Landa, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District (MCHD) is in noncompliance with Texas state law regarding the filing of its 2012-2013 Financial Statements and Audit which requires the MCHD to file it by January 1, 2014. Although the MCHD Board of…