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Staff
-Eagle Pass
City of Eagle Pass Administration has informed The News Gram that Marga Lopez, Director of the International Bridge System has effectively resigned from the position she has held for many years. Lopez turned in her letter of resignation weeks ago according to reports. Her last day will be December 18th. Lopez has worked for the city for seven years where she worked in the office of Economic Development under the late Chad Foster, then she became Interim City Manager and then in 2007, she was named Director of the International Bridge System during the administration of Glen Starnes, then City Manager. Gloria Barrientos, who now holds the position vacated by Daniel Valenzuela, informed The News Gram that her replacement will be Mario Diaz who presently works in the Finance Department as the interim director of said department. He also turned in his letter of resignation in order to be able to take the new job.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
The traditional Christmas light ceremony was held at San Juan Plaza on Friday accompanied by Santa Claus and the winners of the essay contest held by the City of Eagle Pass in which three local elementary students were awarded the honor of reading their winning essays before the gathering on a cool autumn evening at one of the original places to enjoy a family outing in our fair city, and it is fitting and proper that we initiate this festive time of the year here year after year. The honorable Ramsey English-Cantú was on hand to oversee the festivities along with his staff of Jorge Sanchez, Parks and Recreation Director, Rosy Aguirre, Assistant Directress, Councilwoman Azalea Cazares and The Honorable Ricardo Santana, Mexican Consulate. The Plaza will remain alight until the first days of January.
This morning, 23–year-old Marco Antonio Cervantes of Eagle Pass, Texas, surrendered to authorities in Del
Rio after being indicted on federal child pornography charges announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman
and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
A federal grand jury indictment returned yesterday charges Cervantes with one count each of distribution of
child pornography and possession of child pornography. On January 19, 2012, FBI agents executed a search
warrant at the defendant’s residence where they seized his home computer and related media. A forensics
analysis of the seized items revealed the presence of thousands of images and hundreds of videos depicting
child pornography downloaded via the Internet.
Upon conviction, Cervantes faces between 5 and 20 years in federal prison for distribution of child porn and up
to 10 years in federal prison for possession of child porn. Cervantes appeared before United States Magistrate
Judge Victor Roberto Garcia in Del Rio this morning for his initial appearance. Bond was set at $30,000.
This case was investigated by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States
Attorneys Meghan McCalla and Erica Giese are prosecuting this case on behalf of the Government.
An indictment is merely a charge and should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendant is
presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.