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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
A great accomplishment of having a technologically advanced center for the treatment of cancer patients right here in Eagle Pass came to fruition on Tuesday at the Maverick County Hospital District where State Representative Tracy O. King, State Senator Carlos Uresti, local dignitaries, members of the MCHD Board of Trustees, Ms. Elicira Bares, MCHD CEO, The Honorable Ramsey English-Cantú, Mayor of Eagle Pass, The Honorable David R. Saucedo, Maverick County Judge, Superintendent Gilbert Gonzalez, Mexican Consulate Ricardo Santana, and representatives of Yates & Sons/O'connel Robertson, the builders of the new MCHD Chemotherapy Suite were all on hand to celebrate the opening of the new treatment center Emceed by Humberto “Beto” Garza of the Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce.
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Eagle Pass
The Eagle Pass Police Department has implemented a new program which will allow neighborhoods to assist in insuring the security of the immediate area as well as the areas deemed as problem areas of the city as they will implement the Neighborhood Watch Program in EP. What it will consist of is a greater line of communication between residences and dispatch at the EPPD in case they see illicit activity occurring in their immediate area. Jose Regalado and Fernando Chacon will be in charge of implementing and monitoring the program as well as to provide the necessary information to the public in general as they have been in sectors such as Legacy Villa where they along with Commissioner Eliaz Maldonado and Chief of Police Antonio Castaneda went door-to-door informing citizens of the new initiative. They plan to insure that the program is effectively implemented in all areas of the city.
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San Marcos, TX
The Maverick County Sheriff's Department released a statement on Tuesday in reference to an incident which occurred when a deputy sheriff and a jailer were transporting a prisoner from Oklahoma. According to the report, when returning from Oklahoma, prisoner in hand, the deputy and the jailer stopped in San Marcos, TX to eat. The irregularity occurred when all three men got off of the vehicle as prisoners are not allowed to do so. The incident occurred in what was described in the press release as a bag & grill in which alcoholic beverages are served which is another violation of procedure. After an internal investigation was conducted, Deputy Sheriff Gerardo Zuñiga tendered his letter of resignation due to the fact that he had ordered an alcoholic beverage while on duty and had placed citizens in danger and both he and the jailer failed to safeguard the citizens of San Marcos by allowing the prisoner to get off the vehicle. The jailer was suspended for to weeks without pay for his participation in the incident and Sheriff Tomas Herrera has noted within the context of the release that he will not have any tolerance for this type of behavior from his personnel and will continue to have zero tolerance for such behavior until he relinquishes his responsibilities as Sheriff.