A.D. Ibarra

-Pizza Hut/Wing Stop at

Mall de las Aguilas

Gonzalo Castillo, General Manager of Pizza Hut Eagle Pass thanked his parents, wife and family for their support in his career which has led to the new re-opening if you will of Pizza Hut at Mall de las Aguilas, a bigger and better Pizza Hut/Wing Stop which will be THE place to hang out and watch your favorite NFL team each and every Sunday at the latest and greatest Sports Bar in town.

A.D. Ibarra

-Maverick County

District Attorney Roberto Serna weighed in on a recent News Gram article which said that the murder rate per capita relating to incidents of domestic violence was greater than that of Bexar County in 2013.

A case which rocked the school district and attracted area media coverage last school year culminated after a thorough investigation by the Texas Rangers this week. Eagle Pass Independent School District Superintendent Gilbert Gonzalez informed various local media outlets at a press conference of the findings in the investigation related to a young boy who quite unfortunately lost his life on school grounds on April 24th of 2014. 

According to a district press release at the time of the incident the student became unresponsive and inactive, school personnel called the elementary nurse, then called 911 and contacted the student’s mother. Within a few minutes an ambulance showed up with several EMTs.  The student was immediately taken by ambulance and transferred to a San Antonio medical facility which concluded the press release. Unfortunately the young man lost his life and the family was very open in the local media and with district representatives about their doubts that the school personnel did everything possible for their child.  

Gonzalez informed us of the final results of the autopsy which showed that the young boy died of natural causes. Gonzalez cited the official conclusion to the report that stated, ”the medical examiner’s report concluded that Michael Sanchez died as a result of complications of a probable cardiac arrhythmia which is an irregular heartbeat of undetermined natural cause, no evidence of trauma which could’ve caused or contributed to death was identified, the matter of death was determined to be natural.”

Jose Sanchez of the Texas Rangers headed up the investigation and according to the superintendent he considers the investigation to be concluded and the case officially closed.

“It is very unfortunate for the family and again we offer our condolences.  As superintendent you never want something like this to happen in the district and it is a tragic loss for everyone” added Gonzalez.

He also stated that a thorough review of the policies and procedures related to emergency situations was conducted and the staff was trained in order to review said procedures and emphasized that the child passed away from natural causes due to a pre-existing condition. The investigation showed that district personnel responded appropriately and accordingly. 

Nevertheless the district has invested in purchasing defibrillators for all the campuses and Gonzalez affirmed that all physical education teachers are trained in CPR and first aid and this year they have been trained on how to use the new defribilators in case of emergencies.  Thus, the school district moves forward after being officially absolved of any wrongdoing in this case and continues to make changes to be even more prepared to face a situation such as this in the future. 

Conferencia sobre resultados de  autopsia de estudiante de la Glass

Superintendente del Distrito Escolar Independiente Gilbert González informó formalmente a los medios de comunicación locales en una conferencia de prensa el martes por la mañana de los hallazgos de la investigación relacionada con un joven que lamentablemente perdió la vida en el campo escolar el 24 de abril de 2014. 

De acuerdo con un comunicado de prensa poco después del incidente donde decia que el estudiante no respondía  y que  personal de la escuela llamó a la enfermera,  entonces llamó al 911 y se contactó con la madre del estudiante.   A los pocos minutos una ambulancia apareció con varios técnicos de emergencias médicas. 

El estudiante fue llevado de inmediato en ambulancia y trasladado a un centro de San Antonio.

Lamentablemente el joven perdió la vida y la familia daba a conocer a los medios de comunicación locales y  a los representantes del distrito acerca de sus dudas de que el personal de la escuela podría haber hecho más.

González nos informó de los resultados finales de la autopsia que mostraron que el joven murió de causas naturales. 

González citó la conclusión oficial de el informe, "el informe del médico forense concluyó que Michael Sánchez murió de un resultado de complicaciones de una arritmia cardiaca probable que significa latido irregular del corazón de causa natural indeterminado, sin evidencia de trauma que podría haber causado o contribuido a la muerte, el asunto de la muerte se determinó que era natural ".

José Sánchez, de los Rangers de Texas encabezó la investigación y de acuerdo con el superintendente  considera de la investigación como caso cerrado oficialmente.    "Es muy lamentable para la familia y otra vez ofrecemos nuestras condolencias, como superintendente nunca quieres  que algo como esto suceda en el distrito y es una trágica pérdida para todo el mundo", agregó González.

González afirmó que se llevó a cabo una revisión exhaustiva de las polízas y procedimientos relacionados con las situaciones de emergencia y el personal fue entrenado para revisar dichos procedimientos e hizo hincapié en que el niño falleció por causas naturales debido a una condición pre-existente la investigación mostró que el  personal  del distrito respondido apropiadamente y en consecuencia.   

Sin embargo, el distrito ha invertido en la instalación de desfibriladores en todos los campus y González afirmó que todos los maestros de educación física están capacitados en RCP y primeros auxilios y este año han sido entrenados en el uso de las nuevos defribiladores en caso de emergencias.

A.D. Ibarra

-Maverick County

A Special Meeting of Maverick County Commissioner's Court was held on Monday and the item of greatest interest was Item #13 (2) which was consultation with legal counsel in regards to a federal lawsuit filed in the United States District Court Del Rio by UMB Bank, N.A., as the Trustee for the owner of those certain $42,225,000.00 Maverick County Public Facility Corporation Project Revenue Bonds.