Staff
-Eagle Pass
For the second time this week, International Bridge II was closed to traffic, this time on Friday night when fortunately, traffic was light at the time.
A 911 call was received at 10:00 P.M. at the office of the Maverick County Sheriff and Homeland Security was immediately alerted and the decision was made to close the bridge.All traffic was diverted to International Bridge I which remained open until it was determined that it was a false alarm.
The bridge opened up for circulation, Bridge I closed and all returned to normal.
On Wednesday, the bridge was closed for six hours as an inert explosive device was indeed left in the middle of the bridge which prompted bomb squads from San Antonio and Del Rio to come and handle the emergency situation.
Detectives are attempting to determine the identity of the person who left the device through monitoring of surveillance equipment.