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Del Rio, TX
Former Commissioner Cesar Flores plead guilty to one count of acceptance of a bribe by a public representative receiving federal fonds in the Honorable Alia Moses' US District Court Western District of Texas in Del Rio on Thursday. He faces 5 to ten years in prison.
Adrián Ibarra
-Consulado de México
The News Gram, tiene la grata fortuna de poder entrevistar y tener un momento en exclusiva con el nuevo Cónsul Mexicano Ismael Navejas el miercoles por la mañana donde nos dio la oportunidad de conocerlo y conocer sus principios e inciativas en su nuevo puesto. Navejas viene a Eagle Pass de el Consulado de Nueva York pero nació en La Ciudad de México y estudió Relaciones Internacionales y Sciencias Políticas en La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Ha estado en este ramo diplomático por treinta años con estancia en Europa donde trabajó cinco años en Suiza y en Paris en la Cancillería de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores en Europa. Tambien estuvo en Sur America ya que estuvo en Perú por un lapso de tres años.
A.D. Ibarra
-Multi-Purpose Center
No more than 200 votes have been counted thus far in this special election that the city is conducting to fill the Council vacancy for Place 1 and so far there has been poor community participation. Mary D. Velasquez, city secretary, announced that the election has been running smoothly, but with little community involvement. She hopes September 5th will allow more citizens to come out and do their civic duty after working hours when the polls will remain open late. Polls will be open from 8 AM to 8 PM in an effort to try to capture more votes. On Tuesday, September 10th, the polls will be open from 8 AM to 8 PM. The general election will be held on Saturday from 7 am to 7 pm, in the Multipurpose Center. According to the information released, from Friday-Monday, there had been 157 votes cast, 51 on Wednesday, 51 on Thursday and 55 on Friday, on Tuesday at the resumption of activities, no more than 50 votes had been cast.