(Press Release) DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,056 pounds of narcotics, with an estimated street value of $845,200 in three different incidents between Feb. 24 and Feb. 27. “Narcotics smugglers aggressively attempt to move their dangerous product into…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Maverick County Taxpayer and Resident Ethelvina I. Felan filed a lawsuit against Maverick County Commissioners Court, including County Judge David R. Saucedo, Commissioner Jerry Morales, Commissioner Rosy Cantu, Commissioner Pete Venegas, and Commissioner Roberto Ruiz in their official capacities,…

by Mariana Alfaro, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2017 Carlos Bernal and his wife woke up their children, gathered their documents and drove to the Travis County passport office before dawn Monday. They were first in line at 5 a.m., three hours before the office opened. “We’re here to get…

By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 The Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce named Maverick County Junior Livestock Show and Sale Board President Timothy “Tim” Hardt as the 2016 Citizen of the Year at the 90th Annual Banquet on Friday, February 24, 2017. Hardt was recognized…

by Jim Malewitz, The Texas Tribune Feb. 27, 2017 The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday ditched its longstanding position that Texas lawmakers purposefully discriminated against minority voters by passing the nation’s strictest voter identification law in 2011. The move came one day before a federal judge was scheduled to…

Friday, February 24, 2017, 4:33 PM: Eagle Pass police officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance within the 1900 block of North Veterans Boulevard. Investigating officers spoke with an adult female who informed officers she had been assaulted by her male friend identified as 34 year old Luis…

Written by Tory Johnson, Immigration Impact Following the release of President Trump’s immigration enforcement executive orders and implementation memos, and the recent arrest of a transgender domestic violence victim at a courthouse in El Paso, Texas, there has been widespread confusion about where immigration enforcement can and cannot take place….

Written by Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—the federal agency which includes the Border Patrol—are rarely held accountable for their actions. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the case of Sergio Hernandez, a 15-year-old boy shot dead in 2010 in Mexico by a…

District Attorney Roberto Serna (Press Release) On February 21, 2017, a Maverick County Jury was selected to hear the murder case against Defendant Juan Enrique Rodriguez Ruiz for the murder of his wife Maria Pesina Molina Rodriguez. This murder occurred on December 24, 2015. On February 24, 2017, the jury…

Written by Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact The Trump administration ensured this week that its immigration enforcement policies will be a chaotic affair marked by mistakes, civil rights violations and overzealous enforcement. They did this by outlining measures that they claim simply return power to immigration agents to do their jobs—measures…