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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Mexican Consulate Ricardo Santana informed The News Gram of an initiative to repatriate hundreds of Mexican nationals who have been detained for immigration violations in the US and are being held by the US Border Patrol.
Beginning April 26th, 47 of these illegal immigrants will be brought from the city of Laredo to be deported into a state other than their own to Piedras Negras, Coahuila to return to their place of origin on a daily basis at 10:00 A.M. every day for 60 days at International Bridge II in Eagle Pass.
Santana stated that they are working in coordination with United States officials to get this done as part of an initiative to expedite the return of these Mexican nationals into Mexico.
"This is a pilot program for Mexican nationals deported from Laredo who are only men ages 20 to 60 years on charges of violation of immigration laws."
The Mexican Consulate notified all Mexican authorities to support them in this process.
"They will be forwarded at the National Institute of Migration as a workbench to personally interview each, confirm their nationality, and detect cases of consular protection."
The Consul told the News Gram that these individuals are not criminals, they are working people who entered the United States and were arrested for migratory laws and the return is known as lateral repatriations.
Once there they will receive assistance from the consulate to make the necessary phone calls or to find out the schedule of the next bus returning to their states of origin. Other services provided by the consulate include medical attention if so needed and if the need shelter, there is a place where they can stay in Piedras Negras until they can make contact with a family member if they need to to make the arrangements with family members.
Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $977,272.
On April 18, agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station encountered a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup while patrolling on a local ranch. While agents were conducting records checks on the driver and passenger, another agent discovered a cache of marijuana nearby. Agents seized five bundles of marijuana, weighing a total of 218 pounds, worth an estimated $174,536. The two subjects were turned over to Homeland Security Investigations agents for prosecution.
In another seizure on April 18, agents working at the Highway 57 checkpoint encountered a Chrysler 300 suspected of transporting illegal narcotics. After a search of the vehicle, agents found a total of 43 cellophane-wrapped bricks. The bricks contained a total of 42 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $33,728.
Tuesday, April 23, Eagle Pass North Station agents observed a Ford Mustang, with two occupants, in an area known for narcotics smuggling. When the agents conducted a vehicle stop, the driver attempted to abscond. Agents apprehended the driver after a short foot chase. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed three military-style duffel bags in the back of the vehicle. The duffel bags contained 264 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $211,280. The driver, who is a U.S. citizen, the vehicle, and the marijuana, were turned over to the FBI. The passenger was turned over to the Eagle Pass Police Department.
In several separate incidents from April 17-24, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station seized 695 pounds of abandoned marijuana worth an estimated $557,728. In all of the seizures, Border Patrol agents encountered foot sign along known narcotics smuggling trails. While walking the trails, agents encountered a total of six military-style duffel bags and four large sugar sacks containing mariuana.
All cases were tuned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, unless otherwise noted.
The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the South Texas Campaign, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations. For Fiscal Year 2013, the Del Rio Sector has seized over 24,500 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $19.6 million dollars.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout Del Rio Sector seized more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated value of $977,272.
On April 18, agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station encountered a 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup while patrolling on a local ranch. While agents were conducting records checks on the driver and passenger, another agent discovered a cache of marijuana nearby. Agents seized five bundles of marijuana, weighing a total of 218 pounds, worth an estimated $174,536. The two subjects were turned over to Homeland Security Investigations agents for prosecution.
In another seizure on April 18, agents working at the Highway 57 checkpoint encountered a Chrysler 300 suspected of transporting illegal narcotics. After a search of the vehicle, agents found a total of 43 cellophane-wrapped bricks. The bricks contained a total of 42 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $33,728.
Tuesday, April 23, Eagle Pass North Station agents observed a Ford Mustang, with two occupants, in an area known for narcotics smuggling. When the agents conducted a vehicle stop, the driver attempted to abscond. Agents apprehended the driver after a short foot chase. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed three military-style duffel bags in the back of the vehicle. The duffel bags contained 264 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $211,280. The driver, who is a U.S. citizen, the vehicle, and the marijuana, were turned over to the FBI. The passenger was turned over to the Eagle Pass Police Department.
In several separate incidents from April 17-24, agents from the Eagle Pass South Station seized 695 pounds of abandoned marijuana worth an estimated $557,728. In all of the seizures, Border Patrol agents encountered foot sign along known narcotics smuggling trails. While walking the trails, agents encountered a total of six military-style duffel bags and four large sugar sacks containing mariuana.
All cases were tuned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, unless otherwise noted.
The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the South Texas Campaign, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations. For Fiscal Year 2013, the Del Rio Sector has seized over 24,500 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $19.6 million dollars.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
The Paint the Town Project an initiative begun by law enforcement agencies seven years ago, held event #113 at a park in the the Sandolo Street Park in the Eagle Heights Subdivision on the south side of Eagle Pass which was attended by many volunteers who are making a difference in the overall perception of what we want our fair city to represent visually and aesthetically.
Agents Stephanie Anaya and Maribel Garay and other US Border Patrol agents were also on hand along with Commissioner of Precinct 2 Daniela Flores Aleman, Gerardo Morales, Commissioner of Precinct 1, Polo Vielma, Assistant to the County Judge and The Honorable Ramsey English-Cantú, Mayor of Eagle Pass to read proclamations from the city and county in reference to the hard work and dedication this group has shown to the beautification of parks in and around Eagle Pass.
The Paint the town Project was there to paint the lines of a fabulous basketball court, fix the roofs on the dugouts in a little league field adjacent to the court, cover the graffiti which has been unceremoniously tagged on the children's swings or play area and to plant a tree or two donated by Wal-Mart in a park which if up-kept could be a nice place for a family to have a picnic or enjoy a nice spring afternoon such as this one, a cool breezy morning on a Saturday.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
Representatives from Skanska USA Building, who are in charge of the Lucky Eagle Hotel and Casino expansion for the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, were on hand at the Maverick County Food Pantry on Del Rio Blvd. to present a donation of canned foods and food supplies for our community this Thursday morning.
Zachary Clay, Project Manager informed The News Gram of the donation which was spearheaded by Jodie Logan who is a Field Administrator for Skanska USA Building Operations and took the liberty of organizing a canned food drive in order to contribute and provide social assistance to local community members that may be in need.
Becky Ballou, Directress of The Maverick County Food Pantry & Family Services Department, solidified the importance of these types of corporate partnerships and the much needed assistance that they provide to our local citizens.
"We give literally hundreds of emergency bags sometimes, so when local businesses donate in this way it enables us to help a lot of people with a lot of needs, "There will be a lot of children and elderly that will get assistance from these folks. Its essential to what we do."
The Maverick County Food Pantry is located on 1609 Del Rio Boulevard, directly in front of the Old Junior High and distribute approximately 950 food bags to elderly recipients in Maverick County on the first week of very month on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Interim City Manager Gloria Barrientos along with her top three staff members of the Eagle Pass Police Department extended the welcome mat for the newest member of the EPPD, Interim Chief Bruce Mills.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
When one looks upon the lines of children from the Redeemer Episcopal School as they filed in and took their places on the steps of the San Juan Plaza, you realize the reason behind events such as this which illustrate why we must protect the world we live in, for the children of the world to be able to enjoy this world as much as we have and for their children's children to be able to do the same.
Boston, Apr 20 (EFE).- After days of uncertainty and a tense manhunt lasting nearly 24 hours, a second suspect in this week's deadly Boston Marathon bombings has been captured alive.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old of Chechen origin who had hidden in a boat behind a home in the west Boston suburb of Watertown, had been at large since a shootout with authorities Thursday night that killed the first suspect - his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan.
According to Boston police, the second suspect, who is also wanted in connection with the death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer and the wounding of a Boston transit police officer, was arrested around 8:45 Friday night in Watertown, where police had been conducting door-to-door searches throughout the day.
Several Watertown residents, who burst into applause when learning of the suspect's capture, told reporters that Tsarnaev was covered in blood, although state police told the Boston Globe he was alive and conscious.
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said a person found a bloodied man inside a boat in his back yard and alerted police, who converged on the scene.
"Over the course of the next hour or so we exchanged gunfire with the suspect, who was inside the boat, and ultimately the hostage rescue team of the FBI made an entry into the boat and removed the suspect, who was still alive," Davis said.
The police commissioner said the suspect was believed to have been wounded in Thursday night's shootout that left his brother dead and not during the standoff in the back of the house.
Davis, however, said the suspect, who has been hospitalized, was in "serious" condition.
The arrest was the culmination of a violent series of events that began Monday with two bomb blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that left three dead and 176 wounded.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother were spotted by surveillance footage and images of the two were released by the FBI, which identified them as suspects in the marathon bombing.
Then, between Thursday night and the wee hours of Friday, the two brothers allegedly shot and killed an MIT campus police officer in the Boston neighborhood of Cambridge, carjacked an SUV and became engaged in a pitched shootout with police in Watertown.
The transit police officer was critically wounded and Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed in the gun battle, while Dzhokhar managed to escape in the vehicle.
A massive manhunt ensued that virtually paralyzed this northeastern city.
Also Friday, three other suspects in the marathon bombings were arrested in the Boston suburb of New Bedford.
Speaking about the violent series of events, U.S. President Barack Obama vowed late Friday to "investigate any association that these terrorists may have had, and we'll continue to do whatever we have to do to keep our people safe."
A U.S. Justice Department official told the media that a public safety exception will be invoked that will allow the FBI to interrogate the suspect without informing him of his Miranda rights - including his right to remain silent and have a lawyer present - beforehand. EFE
Boston, Apr 19- Boston's police commissioner confirmed early Friday that one of the suspects in this week's deadly bombing attack at the Boston Marathon is dead, while the second remains at large amid a massive manhunt that has paralyzed this northeastern city.
Ed Davis confirmed reports by the local WCVB television station, saying that the slain individual is a man identified by the FBI as "suspect No. 1" in the marathon bombing and who was seen in a surveillance video on the day of the race wearing a black cap and sunglasses.
In a press conference, police said the second suspect, who in other surveillance footage released Thursday was wearing a white cap, is on the loose and is the subject of a manhunt in Watertown, a west Boston suburb.
Shortly before the hunt began for the suspect, Boston police released a photo of the man, identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old of Chechen origin.
Tsarnaev had lived for at least a year in Cambridge, a Boston suburb that is the home of the world-famous Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dzhokhar's brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, has been identified as the slain suspect.
The huge police operation in Watertown was launched after an MIT campus security officer was killed Thursday night.
He was reportedly slain by the two suspects after responding to a convenience store robbery near central square in the Boston suburb of Cambridge.
The suspects then fled the scene after hijacking a car and headed from Cambridge to Watertown. While being chased by police, they seriously wounded a transit system police force officer.
The pursuit ended in Watertown, where one of the suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed in a shootout with police and his brother fled.
According to CNN, the slain suspect's body may have been strapped with explosives, which would explain why he arrived at the hospital with detonation wounds.
Police have launched a massive deployment of manpower and armored vehicles in the suburb of Watertown; they were taking great precautions for fear the at-large suspect has planted or is carrying explosives.
A pair of bombs went off near the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon, leaving three dead and more than 140 wounded. EFE
In Eagle Pass, Texas, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents along with Texas Department Public Safety agents
arrested 35-year-old Hipolito Amaya, owner of AM-ROD Construction based in Eagle Pass, in connection with
an alleged bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI
Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
A federal grand jury indictment, returned yesterday and unsealed today, charges the Amaya with one count of
paying a bribe to an agent of an organization receiving federal funds. The indictment alleges that in May 2011,
Amaya submitted a $35,800 bid to Maverick County to construct a concrete sidewalk on Lago Vista in Precinct
4 of Maverick County. Maverick County issued him a $17,900 check to commence work and then a $17,900
check for the completion of the sidewalk. The indictment alleges that Amaya made cash payments to two
Maverick County employees so that he could be paid in full for a project he never completed. Additionally,
Amaya is alleged to have never constructed the sidewalk he was paid to build.
Upon conviction, Amaya faces up to ten years in federal prison.
This ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Department
of Public Safety. Individuals who have first-hand information about corruption, fraud, or bribery related to
Maverick County are urged to contact the FBI at (210) 225-6741. Assistant United States Attorney Michael
Galdo is 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.