BY EMMA PLATOFF | The Texas Tribune

SAN ANTONIO — The courtroom was silent and thick with anxiety Thursday morning as the judge’s deputy read the verdicts: “Guilty,” “guilty,” “guilty” — 11 times over, and on all felony counts.

In Del Rio, 58-year-old James Edward Cox of Waxhaw, NC, admitted to conducting an advanced fee

Hector Chavez Sr. appeared before U.S.District Judge Alia Moses on  Monday August 21, where he awaited sentencing from a pleading to the charge of Making a False Statement to a Federal Officer; a charge that has a maximum sentencing of up to five years imprisonment.

Former Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo pleaded guilty to federal bribery and income tax related charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special

Eagle Pass Independent School District's Police Department has continued with their investigation over the vandalism that occurred at Eagle Pass Junior High and Eagle

In Del Rio, former Crystal City Mayor Pro-Tem Rogelio Mata and his brother, former Crystal

City Councilman Roel Mata, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a bribery and kickback

scheme involving city contracts announced United States Attorney Richard Durbin, Jr., and FBI Special Agent

in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division.