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…

  Washington, DC—Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23) was assigned to the Subcommittee on Readiness and the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces on the House Committee on Armed Services. He was also assigned to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management and Subcommittee on the Livestock, Rural Development,…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon Eagle Pass Business Journal© The 2013 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale kicked-off on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, with a capacity-filled Jesus ‘Chuy’ Sanchez Cowboy Breakfast at the Zan Matthies Show Barn at the Maverick County Lake in Eagle Pass, Texas, announced Tim Hardt, President…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Eagle Pass Police Chief Juan Antonio ‘Tony’ Castaneda announced that two Eagle Pass Police Department officers, Jose Huerta and Joel Perez, arrested a home burglary suspect, Jesus Manuel Pargas, age 24, on Friday, January 18, 2012, together with Texas Department of Public…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal© Maverick County Judge David Saucedo appointed and swore-in Dora Madera, former Secretary of Justice of the Peace Precinct 4 Teresa Melendrez, as Interim Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. at the Maverick County Courthouse…

By: Congressman Pete Gallego (TX-23) The 23rd Congressional District is like no other. It takes nearly 23% of Texas by land, two time zones, and runs along 800 miles of the Texas- Mexico border. It sprawls from south San Antonio through the Trans-Pecos/Big Bend region and into the lower valley of El…

By: Jose G. Landa Eagle Pass Business Journal A representative of the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) announced that four armed civilian gunmen were killed by members of the Mexican military on Monday, January 21, 2013, in a gun battle in Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila, Mexico, on the United States-Mexico…

United States Capitol 11:55 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a President we bear witness to the enduring strength of our Constitution. We affirm the promise of our democracy….