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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.
A.D. Ibarra
-IBC Conference Room
Juan M. Carrizales, Senior Tax Consultant with the IRS was on hand on Wednesday at the IBC Conference room to inform the community of the VITA Program which is a program designed to assist local residents with their income tax returns out of the Texas Workforce Center. He wanted to stress his appreciation for the City of Eagle Pass including IBC of Eagle Pass, Mexican Consulate Ismael Naveja Macias and his assistant Wendy M. Garcia Serrano, Councilwoman Gloria Hernandez, Mayor Ramsey English-Cantú, Mary Velasquez new Directress of the Eagle Pass Housing Authority, Sandra García and Erika Rodriguez who assisted in the preparation of the proclamation which was read on this day by the Councilwoman Gloria Hernandez representing Mayor Ramsey Cantu who was unable to attend. He also mentioned the earned income tax credit, the largest of its kind for working Americans that 20-25% of taxpayers fail to request come tax time. A family of five with three children, the maximum earned income tax credit is $6,044.00. 60% of all earned income tax credit claims come in the month of February and 20-25% of citizens may not be aware of it. The earned income tax credit is for people who work and have low to moderate income. There are more than 12,000 free tax preparation sites available and over 4,000 of them are volunteer income tax preparation sites that are provided to people who make $60,000.00 a year or less. Mayor Cantú named January 29, 2014 Earned Income Credit Awareness Day in Eagle Pass in a proclamation that was presented Wednesday morning.