Staff -Eagle Pass

According to County Attorney Rick Ramos, it is up to The Honorable Cynthia Muñiz-Berain, District Judge to decide whether or not Eliaz Maldonado and Rudy Heredia should be allowed to keep their positions while their independent litigations take their course in the federal court system. The petition was turned in to the offices of the District Secretary in Maverick County and was assigned to Judge Muñiz. The County Attorney stated that in the case of the District Judge, it is up to her judgment to accept the petition and she also has the authority to name interim commissioners should she deem it necessary. These cases have garnered much public interest and they deal with a situation which is very delicate and deals with two commissioners facing federal charges, one of which is presently being held in a federal detention facility in Del Rio of which is difficult to believe that any other county in the state is living the same situation. The aforementioned petition may have been initiated by the public in general, yet it had to have been forwarded through the proper avenues which consists of the County Attorney forwarding said petition to District Court. As it stands now, both men are able to retain their positions, as well as their pay as their legal situations are taken care of, but the petition seeks to replace them in an interim basis while this plays out.