By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Highly respected and regarded retired lawman, David J. Castaneda, officially registered as a candidate with the Maverick County Democratic Party for the position of Justice of the Peace of Precinct 3 A & B, County of Maverick, Texas, on…

[wooslider direction=”vertical” smoothheight=”true” slider_type=”attachments” limit=”12″] By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Amidst a packed Eagle Pass High School gymnasium, Lady Eagles Monica Flores, Sandra Mendoza, and Krystal Perez signed College Letters of Intent to play collegiate softball on Friday, November 15, 2013, at a ceremony…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and educated at Eagle Pass High School, where he graduated as Valedictorian, Hector de Jesus Ruiz went on to become one of the leading computer technology microchip executives in the world at Advanced…

Austin, TX — As the holiday season comes around the corner, campaigns begin to rev up their engines and prepare for the primaries. After an impressive first legislative session receiving the House Democratic Caucus’ ‘Freshman of the Year’ award, State Representative Poncho Nevárez (D-Eagle Pass) has officially filed for his…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass arrested a Mexican national Wednesday after finding more than 150 pounds of marijuana hidden in his pickup truck. “Officer training and experience are vital to the detection and interdiction of illicit substances being brought into the country,”…

In Del Rio this afternoon, 31-year-old Texas Mexican Mafia member Eliseo Sanchez, III, of Crystal City was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) statute plus an additional 24 months in federal prison for violating supervised release conditions stemming from…

A group of Hispanic and African-American voters from South Texas have joined the litigation fray over Texas voter ID law with a new lawsuit filed in Corpus Christi. Like the existing suits, the new suit challenges Texas’ voter ID law under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, contending that…

By: Ryan Koronowski A massive explosion of a 10-inch Chevron natural gas pipeline near a drilling rig in Milford, Texas, led the company to ask law enforcement to evacuate the entire town on Thursday. Milford, in rural Ellis County, is about halfway between Dallas and Waco. The cause is still…

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Del Rio arrested a Mexican national Friday after finding more than 30 pounds of marijuana hidden in the vehicle he was driving. “Our CBP officers are highly trained and equipped with state-of-the-art tools,” said Michael Perez, CBP Port Director,…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Hospital District Board of Trustees held a special meeting on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at 12 Noon at the Second Floor Conference Room of 3406 Bob Rogers Drive in Eagle Pass, Texas to discuss two agenda…