By Rey Sifuentes Jr.

     Weather conditions threw a huge wrench into what was supposed to be a best of three games area playoff baseball series between Eagle Pass High School and Brownsville Hanna late last week.

     The series was set to commence on Friday, but heavy rains forced both teams to instead face each other on Saturday in a one-game playoff. The scoring by both teams was minimal heading into the sixth stanza.

     “It was a gut-wrencher,” EPHS Head Coach Reynol Mendoza said. “We were tied 2-2 all of the way until the bottom of the sixth inning. This game was a pitcher’s duel pretty much. We were finally able to get a bunch of hits in the bottom of the sixth to score five runs. We also caught some breaks, we tried to lay down some sacrifice bunts but instead ended up getting base hits.”

By Rey Sifuentes Jr.      

     The Lady Eagles’ softball season may or may not be over right now.

     Eagle Pass High School and San Benito squared off for game one, on Friday, for what was to be a best of three games Region IV quarterfinal series in Laredo.

     Heavy rains interrupted game one on Friday, with San Benito winning 2-0 in the sixth inning, and then the chief umpire decided to declare the score final.

     “I was a little upset, and I told the umpire that we needed to finish the game,” EPHS Head Coach Oscar Ruiz said. “The coach from San Benito and I were upset because we wanted to finish the game, there was one and one third inning left.”

     Both skippers asked the umpire to allow the teams to finish game one, but to no avail.

FORMER EAGLE PASS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE SENTENCED

FOR ROLE IN CITY CREDIT CARD FRAUD SCHEME

This morning, former City of Eagle Pass Department of Public Works employee Edgar Aguilar was sentenced

to 42 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $68,373.87 in restitution for his role in a credit card fraud

scheme involving the City of Eagle Pass announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau

of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.

On November 29, 2012, Aguilar pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit credit card fraud. By

pleading guilty, Aguilar admitted that during 2011, he obtained five City of Eagle Pass-owned “Fuelman” credit

cards designated for fuel purchases for Public Works department vehicles and distributed them to his codefendants.

The defendants then used those cards to purchase fuel for their own vehicles and to purchase fuel

for others at the City’s expense. In some instances, defendants charged individuals a reduced rate for fuel

purchased using the City’s credit card, and then pocketed the cash.

Co-defendants Rene Castillo, Armando Ojeda Nuncio, and Ricardo Hernandez-Espinoza have all pleaded guilty

to use of unauthorized access device. Elizabeth Vivian has pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge. All four

are awaiting sentencing.

This joint investigation was conducted by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation together with

investigators from the Eagle Pass Police Department. Assistant United States Attorney Tad Duree is

prosecuting this case on behalf of the Government.

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