By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Four Eagle Passans pleaded guilty to federal charges yesterday, Thursday, January 24, 2013, before United States District Judge Alia Moses of the Western District of Texas in the Del Rio Division in Del Rio, Texas. Alejandra Garcia, Eduardo Rene Rodriguez, Jaime Flores,…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Eagle Pass Mayor Ramsey English Cantu has officially announced that he will be seeking re-election in May 2013 for a second term as Mayor. Mayor Cantu was first elected Mayor on May 13, 2010, becoming the youngest person to be elected Mayor…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© The Molcajete Group will be hosting the First Annual Art Gala and Wine and Cheese on February 2, 2013, at 7 p.m. at the City of Eagle Pass International Center for Trade in Eagle Pass, announced Cathy Castañeda, Founder of The Molcajete…

  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…