By: Sen. Carlos Uresti He who hesitates is lost. This wise proverb dates to 1713, from English essayist and poet Joseph Addison, but the idea undoubtedly goes back much further than that.  It capsulizes a simple truth that we learn both from the advice of our elders and our…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© A large Union Pacific train engine and boxcar derailed from the railroad tracks at the Union Pacific railroad yard located on Thompson Road in northern Maverick County while doing train movements on Friday, January 25, 2013, at approximately 6:30 a.m., in Eagle…

Del Rio, Texas – Early Thursday morning, Eagle Pass Border Patrol agents rescued three men from an island in the middle of the Rio Grande River. Around 12:15 a.m. Thursday, agents working along the Rio Grande, near a railroad bridge, heard cries for help of three men coming from an…

  By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Maverick County Chief Deputy Rick Fuentes announced that a deadly accident in the early morning hours, approximately 4:30a.m. , on Thursday, January 24, 2013, caused the death of Sara Davalos Lopez of Crystal City, Texas while traveling on Highway 277 North,…

  In Del Rio this morning, a federal grand jury indicted Maverick County Precinct Two Commissioner Rodolfo Bainet Heredia, age 54, of Eagle Pass, Texas, in connection with an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez. The…

By: Jose G. Landa Texas State Representative Alfonso ‘Poncho’ Nevarez has written a letter to the three Railroad Commission of Texas Commissioners, dated January 23, 2013, requesting them to deny Dos Republicas Coal Partnership ‘s application to renew, revise, and expand Permit 42-A, Eagle Pass Mine, in Maverick County, Texas,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Eagle Pass Business Journal The City of Eagle Pass City Council selected eight candidates to be interviewed for the City Manager position at their Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Special Meeting at 5:30 p.m. at City Council Chambers, announced Isabel Perez, Human Resources Director of the City…

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass seized more than half a million dollars worth of cocaine in two separate enforcement actions recently. The first seizure occurred on Friday evening when CBP officers at Eagle Pass Bridge I found more than 11 pounds of…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Eagle Pass Business Journal The 2013 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show Beauty Pageant was held on Sunday, January 20, 2013, at the Zan Matthies Show Barn and over 30 young ladies participated with La’Kira Flores named Miss Maverick County Junior Livestock Show Queen (age category 15-19),…

Del Rio, Texas – On Saturday, Del Rio Sector Border Patrol agents rescued an elderly man who had fallen at the bottom of a canyon, nine miles west of Comstock. At 3 p.m. Saturday, Del Rio Sector received a call from Seminole Canyon State Park. Officials reported that a member…