Staff Reports

Del Rio Sector Border Patrol responded to an incident that involved approximately 16 undocumented individuals found in the brush near the Paloma Ranch on Thursday, December 7 at around 1:40 p.m. on the side of a roadway. 

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

Law enforcement agents and the Mexican Consulate’s Office in Eagle Pass were notified on Sunday, October 29, by US Border Patrol agents that human remains had been discovered in a desolate area within Comanche Ranch, about 22 miles from town. 

Jose J Licona Zuniga, an employee of the Eagle Pass Water Works System Water Plant, was arrested on Wednesday, September 27 for transporting undocumented aliens into the United States. 

The death of an undocumented immigrant near El Indio, Texas on Friday, September 22, has been ruled an accident according information provided by Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber.

United States Border Patrol Agents rescued five individuals from the Rio Grande river this week, including two children.  

  The Maverick County Sheriff Department and emergency units responded to an accident that claimed the life of an undocumented individual on Friday, May 26.

U.S. Border Patrol marine agents working near Eagle Pass assisted with the apprehension of five undocumented aliens and saved one of them from drowning in the Rio Grande.

The 16-year-old male who went missing in the Rio Grande while trying to cross into the US with a group the night of Monday, January 23 has yet to be found.

   The Eagle Pass Fire Department responded to an incident at the Rio Grande River at approximately 10:00 p.m. Monday night after US Border Patrol requested assistance in finding a missing person.

 U.S. Border Patrol marine agents working in Eagle Pass rescued an 11-year-old girl from the Rio Grande River after receiving a distress call.