A.D. Ibarra

-Eagle Pass

Last week at a recent meeting of Maverick County Commissioner's Court

a decision which caused a great deal of scrutiny and controversy came

 to light and three of four commissioners voted in favor of an increase in pay to Road & Bridge Director Apolonio Rodriguez.

A young man from Eagle Pass, identified as Stephen Nandin, 24 years old, and in the U.S. Navy, was wounded by two bullets fired by police in San Diego, California, in an incident early Sunday on October 15 in a central area of the city near Horton Plaza, as reported by the San Diego UT.

According to the newspaper Esteban Nandin is stationed at Coronado Naval Base in San Diego, and was wounded in the upper torso and arm during a shootout where police intervened, and until Wednesday afternoon remained in the hospital, recovering from the wounds.

Nandin has been in the U.S. Navy for 6 years and works as an electronics technician, and has served  in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to 

military officials.

According to what was published in the San Diego UT, Sunday morning, at approximately 3 am, people in the neighborhood reported that the young soldier was outside the apartments, wearing military uniform and gas mask and carrying a firearm. The police officers arrived and found him on the stairs near the entrance to the apartments.

The newspaper reported that when a police officer approached the young soldier he raised his rifle in his direction and then the officer fired twice striking the young man.

The case remains under investigation by the police, and currently do o not know the reasons why the young man was behaving eradically. The officer who fired the shots, whose identity was not released, has 18 years working for the police department in San Diego, California.

-Eagle Pass

U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Eagle Pass seized more than $350,000 worth of marijuana. Monday afternoon, agents assigned to the Eagle Pass Station conducted a vehicle stop on a 2003 Ford Taurus. Agents stopped the vehicle near the Rio Grande River and further inspection revealed several bundles containing marijuana located on the front and rear seats. After a thorough search of the entire vehicle, additional bundles were found in the truck. A total of 446.8 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $357,000 was seized. The subject and narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.