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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
City Council held a Special Meeting on Tuesday to formally inform the public of the hiring of Gloria Barrientos as the City Manager of the City of Eagle Pass. The Mayor of the City of Eagle Pass Ramsey English-Cantú and his three-member City Council went into executive session at 3:16 P.M. and emerged at 5:45 to continue with business within the agenda which included the announcement of the vacancy of one place on the city council as Asalia Casares has taken the position of County Commissioner of Precinct 2. They retired into executive session once again to deliberate on who would eventually be their choice for city manager. At 8:30 P.M. after six hours of deliberation, the council emerged to announce the hiring of Barrientos to the position. Former EPISD Superintendent Jesús Sanchez was on on hand as he was the other finalist for the position. When the announcement was made, Mr. Sanchez eloquently thanked the council for the opportunity and to let them know that he is available to assist them in any way he can in the future.
City of Eagle Pass names new Interim Chief of Police
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 21:59 Published in May 2013
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
The Eagle Pass Police Department has a new Interim Police Chief who hails from Corpus Christi. Sam Granato, and has worked with the Kingsville Police Department and in Yakima, Washington and possesses a Master's of Science in Strategic Leadership. Chief Bruce Mills will still be coming every week and will continue to serve in the role of consultant as he has many initiatives he wishes to see through to fruition as the transition is made to permanently fill the position. Granato will be here to fulfill the day-to-day operations which go hand-in-hand with the position of police chief. The Eagle Pass News Gram thanks Chief Mills for all his work and welcomes Chief Granato to our community as he arrives at a highly pivotal moment in our history as we work to bounce back from the recent emergency rescue operations over the past weekend and the EPPD will continue to work in coordination with other agencies to see that life returns to normalcy following the tragedy.
Eagle Pass businessman indicted in connection with Maverick County bribery, kickback and bid-rigging scheme
Thursday, 13 June 2013 17:32 Published in May 2013
Press Release
-Del Rio, TX
In Eagle Pass last night, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents along with Texas Department Public Safety investigators arrested 52-year-old Salvador Castillon, owner of South Texas Concrete 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 this morning, charges Castillon with two counts of paying a bribe to an agent of an organization receiving federal funds. According to the indictment.