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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
In a letter addressed to El Gram offices, Eagle Pass City Council has once again named The Eagle Pass News Gram as the official newspaper of Eagle Pass. "The City of Eagle Pass would like to congratulate The News Gram for being selected the City's official news paper," stated Purchasing Agent Armando Gonzalez, "We are confident in your ability to satisfy the city's needs." The News Gram is proud to provide you with the latest in local, state and international news, entertainment and the best in local sports week in and week out in a concise, comprehensive bilingual format. You can even check us out online at www.thenewsgramonline.net as The Gram has upgraded its website to include more photos, a fresh new format where you can see the biggest stories quick and first hand, a digital print version of some of our issues and archived articles which you can see everyday at your convenience. At The Eagle Pass News Gram, we are proud to serve you.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
In Del Rio this morning, former Maverick County employee Alejandra Garcia, age 26, surrendered to federal authorities after a federal grand jury indicted her this week in connection with an alleged bribery scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.
A federal grand jury indictment, returned on Wednesday, charges Garcia with one count of receiving bribes.
According to the indictment, Garcia’s duties included issuing checks to Maverick County contractors. The indictment alleges that from January 2011 until October 2011, Garcia accepted bribes to be influenced and rewarded in connection with a series of contracts worth more than $5,000 in Maverick County funds.
Upon conviction, Garcia faces up to ten years in federal prison. Garcia is scheduled to have her Initial
Garcia appeared at 1:30pm on Friday in Del Rio before U.S. Magistrate Judge Collis White.
This ongoing investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Individuals who have first-hand information about corruption, fraud, or bribery related to Maverick County are urged to contact the FBI at (210) 225-6741.
Assistant United States Attorney Michael Galdo is prosecuting this case on behalf of the Government.
An indictment is merely a charge and should not be considered as evidence of guilt. The defendant is
presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
Public officials, physicians, businessmen and entrepreneurs have united in a campaign which is a first in Eagle Pass to bring awareness to the importance of men's health issues as well as women for them to check themselves regularly in order to prevent fatal diseases.
The campaign has been entitled Movember, a play on words between mustache and November.
Texas Health authorities and civic organizations have gotten the support of local personalities to insure an overall buy-in to the campaign to get all men to check themselves regularly and care about their health as they are the heads of their households and their loved ones care for them.
As a sign of support for this campaign city and county officials are letting their mustaches grow.
Some of our public officials who will be participating will be our Mayor Ramsey English-Cantú, Judge David Saucedo, Mexican Consulate Ricardo Santana, Dr. carlos Hernandez, EPISD Board Member Ignacio Saucedo and local businessman Joe Rodriguez.
Chief of Police Antonio Castañeda, who already sports a mustache, was shaved publicly in order to join the campaign.
Participants will grow their mustaches all through November and will shave them off in December.
Most of those participating have said that someone in their family has had illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and other maladies which need to be taken seriously and caught in a timely manner.
Dr. Carlos Hernandez says that men should visit the doctor periodically before it's too late.
He added that primarily, diabetes, obesity, cancer and prostate problems are some of the problems we see regularly in Eagle Pass.
Mexican Consulate Ricardo Santana said that unfortunately in many cases men worry more about their vehicles being in optimal working conditions as opposed to their own health.
That is why November has been dedicated to raise awareness on men's health.