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Bomb scare causes bottleneck of traffic on Bridge I
Press Release
-International Bridge II
At approximately 4:45 PM, the Eagle Pass Police Department received a call of a of a bomb being placed on one of the bridges.
Mexican authorities reported having received the call and quickly alerted the Eagle Pass Police Department.
With the assistance of the Eagle Pass Fire Department a thorough search was conducted.
Both bridges were searched in the interior and exterior areas and cleared of any any risk.
Traffic has been diverted while the search is being conducted at this time.
Armed assault at local gaming store mobilizes
Eagle Pass Police Force, chopper Wednesday
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
A lone male subject went in to a local gaming establishment at a strip mall on Bibb Ave. attempted to tie up a female clerk at the store at knife point who managed to escape from her assailant and proceeded to exit the establishment through the rear of the store before alerting authorities.
The incident mobilized the entire Eagle Pass Police Force as units were dispatched immediately and could be seen in and around the Main Street area sirens wailing and lights flashing in motorcycle units, their department issued Tahoes, unmarked units and even a helicopter were all attempting to locate the felon who was described as a young male dressed entirely in black, black pants, black jacket and a black hat according to Sergeant Orlando Escareño.
Press Release
-Maverick County Sheriff
The Maverick County Sheriff's Office received a call in the early morning hours of Tuesday February 02, 2014 from the Uvalde sector of the US Border Patrol requesting assistance on a vehicle refusing to stop. Border patrol agents advised Maverick County dispatch that they had been following a 2014 blue Dodge Journey that was traveling on highway 57 North heading southbound from the County line. Sheriff's deputies made contact with the suspected vehicle near the Border Patrol checkpoint where it was witnessed traveling at excessive speeds. Deputies and the City of Eagle Pass police officers managed to follow the vehicle on highway 57 towards Highway 277 East, where the vehicle failed to control its speed and drove straight across the highway.
New Landscape in local high school athletics; CC Winn to 29-AAAAA, EP High to 29-AAAAAA
A.D. Ibarra
-Austin, TX
A new day for athletics in Eagle Pass has come as both Eagle Pass High School Eagles and the CC Winn High School Mavericks embark on a new journey, a new adventure in athletics and academics, one we have not seen since the early 80's and mid 90's when Eagle Pass was in the same district with San Antonio John Jay, Holmes, Marshall, Clark, and later O'Connor and Taft. Biennial reclassification went down on Monday, February 3rd in Austin as athletic directors attended the University Interscholastic League's latest re-alignment sessions which left Eagle Pass High School in a six school district in the new AAAAAA classification with the Laredo United Longhorns, the Alexander Bulldogs, the United South Panthers, the Del Rio Rams, former Eagle Head Coach Oki Villaseñor's LBJ Wolves and Coach Tom Gonzalez' Eagle Pass Eagles in what is now 29-AAAAAA.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
When Cassandra Garcia made her way down to our proverbial neck of the woods, which one in attendance referred to as the 'Country' in its own that is the US-Mexico Border Region, for the first time since his election last year, she probably did not expect to see such a well-versed group of concerned citizens as she had on Monday at the IBC Conference Room.
C.C. Winn HS students Cinthia Alvarado and Salvador Villagomez have qualified for the 2013-14 University Interscholastic League State Cross-Examination Meet to be held March 10-15 at The University of Texas at Austin.
These students qualify for the state meet by placing first at the UIL Cross- Examination District Meet held at Alexander High School in Laredo, Texas on Saturday, February 1st.
“UIL debate competition motivates students and provides them with practical applications for the skills they are developing.” said Jana Riggins, UIL State Debate Director. “This year‘s topic allowed students the opportunity to research and form their own thoughts and opinions on the real-world problems of the United States’ economic engagement with Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela.”
Through participation the UIL Academic State Meet, students qualify for Texas Interscholastic League Foundation Scholarships. Since its inception in 1959, the TILF has provided more than $27 million to more than 18,000 students. This year, TILF expects to award an estimated 600 new and renewed grants, valued at more than $1 million. One hundred percent of each dollar TILF receives goes directly for scholarships, with no administrative or other expensed being deducted.
Eagle Pass CBP Officers Seize Cache of Currency
EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers in Eagle Pass seized more than $19,000 in undeclared currency Thursday afternoon.
“Large amounts of currency may be imported and exported with the proper documentation,” said Cynthia O. Rodriguez, CBP Port Director, Eagle Pass. “Failure to report international transit of $10,000 or more could mean forfeiture of funds and criminal sanctions.
“Seizing undeclared currency at ports of entry serves to deprive criminal organizations of their profits.”
Shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday, CBP officers at Eagle Pass International Bridge I encountered a pedestrian as she was exiting the United States bound for Mexico. During inspection, officers discovered the woman, a 22-year-old citizen of Mexico, had a large quantity of U.S. currency in her possession. Officers seized three vacuum-sealed packages containing a total of $19,800. The woman was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations for federal prosecution.
The Office of Field Operations is the primary organization within U.S. Customs and Border Protection tasked with an anti-terrorism mission at our nation’s ports. CBP officers screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. Their mission also includes carrying out border-related duties, including narcotics interdiction, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and protecting the nation's food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases.
-CBP-
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 official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
Flames engulf mobile home in Las Quintas
A.D. Ibarra
-Las Quintas
The crackling of flames which engulfed a mobile home on Las Quintas Blvd. on Thursday caused smoke to billow up into the air and be seen for miles. Fire engines and law enforcement officials directing traffic could be seen in the foreground and the meticulous, calculated movements of firefighters preparing hoses and attacking the blaze could also be seen, however the fire was completely involved and there seemed little the men could do to save the home.
Assistant Fire Chief Sonny Mello informed The News Gram that while the fire remains under investigation, but it occurred around 9:30 PM and as of preliminary indications are that the fire could have originated in the electrical wires toward the rear of the residence.
"We extinguished the fire quickly, but the fire broke through the windows, it vented and the wind consumed it," said Mello, "We're still investigating in order to rule out any other causes."
Chief Mello also pointed out that as far as they know right now, the three residents of the home were not in the trailer when it began.
Preliminary indications are that the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit.
Egregious Hit & Run Incident Kills 47 Year-old;
Pueblo Nuevo Resident Returning From Church
Case under investigation
A.D. Ibarra
-Pueblo Nuevo
An atrocious hit and run incident resulted in the immediate death of a man who was returning home from a church retreat in the Pueblo Nuevo sector of Maverick County late into the evening on Wednesday.
47 year-old Robert Lee Herrera was killed instantly when an as of yet unidentified vehicular assailant hit the man causing mortal injuries to the man who had just left a church retreat and was walking home on FM 2030.
One witness, a woman who had just left the New Life Church in Pueblo Nuevo witnessed the horrific crime scene and was unable to pass due to the heavy presence of law enforcement and returned to the church to inform the congregation of what had occurred visibly moved by what she had seen.
Another member of the church informed The News Gram that the man had left the Wednesday service after prayer, bid the pastor farewell and proceeded to walk home.
One detail noticed by the witness is that there is minimal to no street lighting in the area the man was hit.
According to a press release from the Maverick County Sheriff's Department, deputies were dispatched to FM 2030 in reference to a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered a male subject laying motionless on the street. EMS was summoned to the scene and determined male subject was deceased. Justice of the Peace Dora Madera pronounced the subject dead at 9:18 PM.
This case remains under investigation.
A.D. Ibarra
-Del Rio, TX
It was a cold and windy January day as an Arctic front pounded the Southern United States and the sentencing phase of the trial of Richard and Damien Hesles took place on January 28th.
Two SUV's arrived at 1:30 PM as both defendants exited the vehicles accompanied by family, friends and supporters on this day which would mark the end of a long and drawn out process which The Honorable Alia Moses, US Judge Western District of Texas would culminate with her sentence for two of many involved in an investigation which began as early as 2006.
