By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced the appointment of Maverick County Sheriff Department Lieutenant Cesar de la Garza as Interim Jail Administrator of the Maverick County Tom Bowles Dentention Center on Monday, January 14, 2013, following the sudden resignation of previous Jail…

In a late evening accident at an oil company site approximately 27 miles south of Jourdanton, three workers were injured. It was later determined that two men, had very severe injuries. These men were transported by ambulance to the Atascosa Sheriff’s Department for triage and later airlifted to San Antonio…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Maverick County Justice of the Peace of Precinct 2, Cesar Perez, and his former secretary, Elisa Martinez, were arrested today, Friday, January 11, 2013, by Maverick County Sheriff Department Deputies on a Maverick County Grand Jury Criminal Indictment issued on December 14,…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© A Maverick County Grand Jury has indicted three Eagle Passans-Cesar Perez, Martha Zamarripa, and Elisa Martinez- for criminal charges including engaging in organized criminal activity and theft by a public servant on December 14, 2012, in the 365th Judicial District Court of…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Newly appointed Maverick County Tom Bowles Detention Center Jail Administrator Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Muniz resigned on January 10, 2013, after only ten days in the post, announced Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber. Muniz had been appointed Jail Administrator by Sheriff Schmerber as part…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© The State of Texas, by and through Maverick County Attorney, Ricardo Ramos, filed a petition to remove from office Maverick County Commissioners Rodolfo “Rudy” Heredia and Eliaz Maldonado with the 293rd Judicial District Court of Maverick County, Texas on Friday, December 28,…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Maverick County Solid Waste Authority General Manager Hector Daniel Chavez abruptly resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of the Maverick County Landfill on Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Attempts to contact Chavez by telephone to get a statement from him were not returned….

In San Antonio this morning, United States District Judge sentenced 31-year-old Edward Sandoval to 41 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for purchasing approximately 40,000 rounds of ammunition to be smuggled into the Republic of Mexico, announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Homeland Security…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© The 2013 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show Pageant will be held on Sunday, January 20, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at the Maverick County Junior Livestock Show Barn located at the Maverick County Lake in Eagle Pass, announced Olga Ramos, Pageant Coordinator. The…

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized 1,111 pounds of marijuana in recent days. Sunday, Dec. 30, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass North Border Patrol Station spotted a group of suspected undocumented aliens. When the agents conducted a thorough search of the area, they discovered…