DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio International Bridge recently seized more than $30,000 in U.S. currency from a woman leaving the United States bound for Mexico. “Seizing undeclared currency at ports of entry serves to deprive criminal organizations of their profits,” said…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Railroad Commission of Texas has written a letter, dated December 7, 2016, to Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas governmental entities, businesses, and individuals notifying them that Dos Republicas Coal Partnership (DRCP) filed an Application on November 4, 2016…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Maverick County Commissioners Court approved to seek up to $8.5 Million in Bonds at their regular meeting held on Monday, December 12, 2016 in order to fund much needed County projects and services. County Judge David R. Saucedo noted that…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Dec. 20, 2016 Texas lawmakers are celebrating a new federal law they say will decrease wait times and increase productivity at the country’s ports of entry. President Obama on Friday signed the Cross-Border Trade Enhancement Act, which allows private businesses and local governments to…

by Carrie Levine, Center for Public Integrity, The Texas Tribune Dec. 19, 2016 Editor’s note: Update including response from Donald Trump’s transition team appended A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend — all in exchange for million-dollar…

By William J. Gibbs, Jr. Special to the Advance-Guard LIVE OAK COUNTY – An attorney from San Antonio recently experienced the view from the other side of the bars, following his Nov. 27 arrest on Interstate 37. Brian Thomas Burris, 43, who has a law office in Eagle Pass, is…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported that a female adult person filed an offense report of being victim of a domestic violence incident by her male adult companion at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino on Tuesday, December 19, 2016 in…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported that an Eagle Pass, Texas man, Martin Esteban Sanchez, age unknown,  was assaulted in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico on Saturday, December 17, 2016, and transported to the Eagle Pass International Bridge No. 2 by…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2019 Maverick County Sheriff’s Department announced they responded to a burglar alarm during the early morning of Tuesday, December 19, 2016, at O’Reilly Auto Parts store on El Indio Highway in Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas. Upon contacting the store manager,…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016 Eagle Passan Andrea Lissette Pantoja has been accepted to the prestigious Texas State University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at San Marcos, Texas for the Fall Semester of 2017, announced Dr. Jaime Chahin, Dean of the College of Applied Arts…