During a city council meeting held on Tuesday, June 16, Eagle Pass Mayor Luis Sifuentes and the City Council discussed the item in which they agreed that the City would not be putting on the customary Independence Day celebration with music and all the festivities.

The item was taken into executive session and once back in open session, Mayor Sifuentes made the announcement. “After much discussion and the concerns of large gatherings, especially in light of the increases in COVID-19 cases in our community and across the State we will limit the 4th of July event to strictly just the fireworks display,” said Mayor Sifuentes.

The City of Eagle Pass is taking these precautions to continue working on stopping the spread of COVID-19 in our community.

Just this week we saw the largest increase of COVID-19 cases with 31 positive cases announced in just one day.

Having such a large gathering would certainly increase the possibility of having a mass infection due to having a large crowd of people in the same place for an extended period of time.

The City of Eagle Pass 4th of July celebration attracts over 10,000 people to the Shelby Park area on a yearly basis.