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Eagle Pass CBP Officers Seize $200,000 Worth of Heroin at Port
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly nine pounds of heroin at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry. “Our CBP officers did an excellent job in intercepting these drugs and preventing...
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County Juvenile Probation Officer files Lawsuit for Wrongful Termination
Jose G. LandaStaff writerJose Luis Perez, an employee of the Maverick County Juvenile Probation Department since February, 2013, filed a lawsuit for wrongful termination against the department on...
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Chavez in court Monday
Staff ReportsFormer Eagle Pass City Manager Hector Chavez is scheduled to appear for sentencing before Western District Judge Alia Moses this Monday, August 21.Chavez was initially detained on April...
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13U Babe Ruth All-Stars return home after honorable performance in World Series
The Eagle Pass Babe Ruth Baseball 13 Under All-Stars were eliminated this week from the 2017 Babe Ruth Baseball 13 Under World Series Championship held from August 10 through August 17 in Mountain...
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EPPD encourages safe driving as students head back to school
On Monday August 28, 2017, approximately sixteen thousand students in Eagle Pass will return to classes for the 2017- 2018 school year. Chief of Police Alberto Guajardo and the members and staff of The...
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Human smuggling on 277
Two semitrailers were found carrying undocumented immigrants near Carrizo Springs earlier this week. According to News4 San Antonio, 37 people were being transported illegally in two separate...
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Chavez sentenced to 42 months
Hector Chavez Sr. appeared before U.S.District Judge Alia Moses on Monday August 21, where he awaited sentencing from a pleading to the charge of Making a False Statement to a Federal Officer; a...
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Sheriff Dept. recover vandalized vehicle
The Maverick County Sheriff Department recovered a stolen vehicle Friday afternoon. Deputies were dispatched to the intersection of FM 1021 and Wild Wood in reference to a possible stolen vehicle....
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Hector Chavez sentenced for lying to FBI
Of all the individuals that were indicted and arrested on charges involving a pay to play scheme in Maverick County, Hector Chavez Sr. was the last one to be sentenced. On Monday, August 21, 2017,...
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Man arrested for attempting to smuggle marijuana into Tom Bowles Detention...
A man was arrested on Monday after he was found attempting to smuggle marijuana into the Tom Bowles Detention Center. 33-year-old Ramon Velasquez was outside of the jail where he was pushing...
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City Represented at Eagle Ford Consortium Regional Meeting
Press Release (Corpus Christi, TX – August 21, 2017) The City of Eagle Pass, through its Business & Economic Development (BEDC), was represented at the Eagle Ford Consortium Regional Meeting in...
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Library begins move from temp site to main building
The Main Library may actually open sometime soon after renovations have gone more than a year over schedule. The Temporary Main Library at the Benavides Center is closed due to the relocation to...
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Ramos named interim road and bridge director
Jose G. Landa Staff Writer The Maverick County Commissioners Court held a meeting on Monday, August 21, in which they assigned Parks and Recreation Director Jose Ramos as Interim Road and Bridge...
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EPISD board of trustees discusses upcoming projects
The Eagle Pass Independent School District Board of Trustees held a meeting on Tuesday, August 22, in which they received a presentation from Architect Davis Powell on current construction projects and...
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Fines, charges given to three involved in detention center drug smuggling...
Ramon Velasquez, the man arrested Monday by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department for trying to smuggle marijuana into the Tom Bowles Detention Center has been formally charged with introducing...
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Barrera Mortuary
DIAMANTINA M. ELLIS 1933-2017 DIAMANTINA (MIRELES) ELLIS, age 83, peacefully entered into eternal rest on August, 19, 2017 at her home in Eagle Pass, TX, surrounded by family and loved ones. Tina was...
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Maverick County TxDOT celebrates zero accidents, injuries in 2016
The Laredo District Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) held a Safety Banquet Award Ceremony for their employees from the 8 District Maintenance areas including Maverick County. The banquet is...
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Teachers upset with false promise of raise
Eagle Pass Independent School District employees are expressing their discontent with the percent of salary increase they will receive this school year which they state is a 2.9 percent increase;...
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ANTONIO I. MORENO1939-2017ANTONIO I. MORENO,entered eternal rest on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at the age of 77 surrounded by his loved ones. Left to cherish his memory is his 2 Daughters: Leticia M....
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