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STAFF
The Mexican Consulate in Eagle Pass informed The News Gram that on Tuesday, September 25th, Dimmit County Sheriff's personnel came upon the body of a man on the Dolph Briscoe Ranch on FM 1916 in Carrizo Springs at around noon. The body is of a man 5'5" in height. He had no other forms of identification and was wearing black in color Nike tennis shoes. JP Sonia Mendoza was called in to pronounce the body. She did so and stated the cause of death to be dehydration. Mendoza ordered a DNA test in order to help identify the body. The man was taken by Leonard Funeral Home and will be taken to Webb County for an official autopsy to determine the cause of death. If anyone has any information which can lead to the identification of this individual can contact the consulate at 830-773-9255.
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Eagle Pass
Eagle Pass Detectives are working to analyze video surveillance cameras on International Bridge II in order to attempt to detect the exact moment when the inert explosive device which was found midway between the bridge which closed it down for six hours on Wednesday. Aldo Escamilla informed The News Gram that the International Bridge System has surveillance cameras set up all along the bridge but they do not know if those cameras can reach to the middle of the bridge.
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Piedras Negras, Coah.
A woman was killed as she crossed in the line of a cross-fire situation between armed civilians and both State and local police in the neighboring city of Piedras Negras Wednesday night in what has left the city reeling in the fear of an all-out war between warring factions and Coahuila authorities and Mexican officials. Members of the Special Weapons and Tactics force were descended upon by armed groups of men who left the woman and as many as six law enforcement vehicles in flames. An official number of dead and injured was not given by press time. According to witnesses, the fire of automatic weapons was heard well into the Wednesday night for up to 45 minutes. Schools were shut down on Thursday and people were asked by government officials to remain in their homes for their safety. The woman who was killed in the crossfire was 30 years of age and was driving a white Pontiac with Texas license plates CLJ 914, she was wearing blue jeans and a green blouse and was in the area of Roman Cepeda and López Mateos Blvd. which intersects with H. Colegio Militar. State, Municipal and Tactical units battled with the armed gunmen for what was almost an hour and the sectors of the city which were closest to the exchange were Nísperos, Las Fuentes, San José, Zona Centro, González, Campo Verde and Macroplaza. The attack comes in the wake of the escape of 131 prisoners from a state prison last Monday.
A.D. Ibarra
-Camino Real Bridge II
At approximately 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, after the report of a suspicious object was made on International Bridge II, after a visual inspection of the object, the bridge was closed and Incident Command Control was activated immediately for the safety of officials and the public in general. EPPD was notified and specialized units from both Laughlin AFB in Del Rio as well as Lackland AFB in San Antonio were called upon to investigate. In an instant, Customs and Border Protection, The Office of Field Operations, the USBP, the EPFD and the City Operations Center were put into emergency alert. Mayor Ramsey Cantú called a press conference to inform the media of the details surrounding the closure and was supported by representatives of all aforementioned entities.
DEL RIO, Texas -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Eagle Pass arrested a Houston woman Monday after finding more than half a million dollars worth of narcotics in her vehicle. Monday morning, CBP officers at Eagle Pass Bridge I inspected a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, driven by a 22-year-old Houston woman, as it arrived in the United States from Mexico. Following a preliminary inspection, officers referred the pickup for intensive examination, using a non-intrusive imaging system. Electronic scans of the vehicle revealed anomalies that led officers to discover four black tape-wrapped bundles. Three of the bundles contained cocaine, weighing a total of 14.124 pounds, while the fourth held 3.696 pounds of methamphetamine. The cocaine and methamphetamine were valued at $451,968 and $55,440, respectively.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
At approximately 8:30 A.M., a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee was pulled over on a minor traffic violation. Upon secondary inspection, Sheriff's Deputies encountered the fact that within the vehicle, 452 Lbs. of marijuana were carefully wrapped in cellophane plastic. The suspect in this case was identified as Juan Carlos Chavarria Rivas, 19, who attempted to flee from officers, but after a short chase on foot, they were able to apprehend the suspect who was read his rights and detained. The marijuana along with the suspect were turned over to a Federal Agency for prosecution.
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Eagle Pass
Police are searching for a subject who exposed himself to an Eagle Pass woman and her two daughters on Sunday afternoon at a local car wash on Main Street. According to the report, the woman was washing her car along with her 12 and 8 year-old daughters when a subject in an SUV pulled up beside them. According to the report, the subject was involved in a lewd act in his vehicle and when the woman took it upon herself to approach the man to give him a piece of her mind. The subject proceeded to start his vehicle and quickly escaped at a high rate of speed. The woman took down his license plates, but was unable to give much of a description of the vehicle he was driving. The public in general is asked to report any type of similar behavior immediately to authorities in order to keep our children safe from sexual predators and offenders.
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Eagle Pass
Police arrested Angel Javier Rodriguez, 19, and his 16 year-old brother as responsible for the severe beating of Carlos and Jose Esquivel on saturday morning in the early morning hours at their home on Church Street. Lieutenant Aldo Escamilla informed The News Gram that after some investigation, the arrests were made and it appears that there have been problems between the brothers in the past. Angel Javier Rodriguez was booked into Maverick County Jail on two charges of aggravated assault and was fined $50,000.00 for each count, a $100,000.00 bond. The juvenile was transported to Del Rio to the juvenile detention center. According to the report, the two suspects arrived at the Esquivel residence at 4:00 A.M. on Saturday and knocked on the door. The victims answered and were beaten severely, one with a metal pipe to the head. One of the brothers was transported to San Antonio and underwent surgery to repair damage to his head. Police continue to investigate the causes of these actions.
A.D. Ibarra -
Eagle Pass
The Special Meeting of Maverick County Commissioner's Court held on Monday began as a formal introduction by District Judge Amado Abascal of new County Auditor Fidencio Ortiz who will work to steer the County into smoother waters as the proposed new budget for the Fiscal Year 2013 was not approved on this day as previously reported. Ortiz comes in at a pivotal time in County financial history as they attempt to attack the existing deficit with budget cuts, layoffs, potential reimbursements and unfortunately for the common layperson and the taxpayers of Maverick County, a proposed tax increase. After the introduction of the new apointee, former Fire Chief Guadalupe Cardona approached Commisioner's Court and attempted to make his case against that very issue by giving those gathered a brief history lesson on what Maverick County used to look like many years ago. He mentioned that his family used to live on Kifuri and the only things in that area of Maverick County were two ranches and what he called a <Brecha>, or man-made walkway, not even a road much less Eidson Road or the Siete Lomas subdivision which exists today. El Indio Highway was a thing of the future in those times. He also mentioned that back then they would never ask anything from the County. He remembers that 80% of the general population were migrants and he made sure to mention the fact that migrants built this community when our community was a land of in what he termed 'Puros arroyos'. Since then our County has grown and instead of progress, he feels the County has regressed and continues to lose machinery and are completing fewer projects every year even mentioning that the County should consider closing the Road & Bridge Department for six months in order to save money due to this lack of progress. Needless to say, Cardona asked the County to not raise taxes, to look for other alternatives for raising the capital to get the County out of debt. In a way, Cardona's wishes were answered albeit temporarily as Commissioner's Court tabled the entire agenda until Thursday to give the new auditor time to look over the proposed budget while also holding back on the discussion and possible action of adoption of the new tax rates which evidently will be approved as a breakdown was handed out as to the amount of revenue generated with and without the proposed tax increase was handed to commissioners. The Budget Workshop ended at 6:12 P.M. and the meeting was adjourned.
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Eagle Pass
At approximately 5:30 P.M. Eagle Pass Police reported to the Burris Law Firm in response to a call made in an alleged hostage-like situation in which a secretary of the firm was held against her will in an office for hours. Lieutenant Moses Peña informed The News Gram that Brian Burris, 39, was taken into protective custody after the incident and was temporarily detained at the Eagle Pass Police Department, was questioned and after acting in a manner not determined to be normal to officers, was evaluated by MHMR personnel. Burris was ascertained to be physically well, responsive yet incoherent and was transported to Laurel Ridge Hospital in San Antonio for further evaluation. Again, Peña mentioned that Burris is being held in protective custody for his sake and for that of his staff as the investigation continues into the probable causes of his erratic behavior. According to Peña's interview with members of the press, Burris was talking to his secretary for hours and the door remained locked for the duration of said conversation and according to witnesses, he would not allow her to leave the office. After personnel outside the office alerted authorities as well as the woman's husband of the issue. When authorities arrived they noticed that the door had been either forcibly opened or was attempted to be forcibly opened. The scene at the law firm's facilities was that of law enforcement units surrounding the perimeter around the offices located at the corner of Ceylon and Quarry Streets across from a local bank and a local flower shop and caddy corner to what used to be Eagle Lumber which has since been demolished. K9 officers were also called to search the office and two shotguns were found and confiscated. Peña also mentioned that the case remains under investigation there are many witnesses yet to be interviewed while Burris remains in protective custody.
