Del Rio mayoral race filings set for March 22 deadline
City Secretary Jayne Douglas says Mayor Roberto Chavira has filed for re election and faces Dora Alcala in a potential rematch while Efrain Valdez also seeks District III. Other races include At Large Place A Gloria Paredes and Place B Robert Garza with election day May 6 and early voting from April 19 to May 2.
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City of del Rio
Roberto Chavira
Jayne Douglas
Chavira
Dora Alcala
Efrain Valdez
Douglas
Gloria Paredes
Robert Garza
Resident criticizes county on bail board and budgets
Val Verde County resident Cecelia Sanchez challenged Commissioners Court during Monday's session over remarks by Commissioner Frank Coronado and pushed for creating a bail bonds board to regulate providers. She accused officials of bloated bureaucracy while citing road crew cuts and a pricey judge's vehicle. The meeting also covered road name changes for 911 purposes, property sales to Del Rio, road redesignation, jail fee projections, salary checks for detention staff, and reserve deputy appointments.
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Heather McDougald
Cecelia Sanchez
Val Verde
Coronado
Val Verde County
Sanchez
Lowe Street
Baja
Brown Plaza
City of
del Rio
Rancho del Rio
Amistad Land Use and Zoning Commission
John Cody
Cody
Frank Lowe
Lowe
Gerardo M. Esquivel
Jose R. Faz
Esquivel
O’wayne Jernigan
Record surge in illegal alien apprehensions across Del Rio sector
Officials report border patrol apprehensions exceeding prior records in the Del Rio Sector and across the Southwest. In fiscal year 1999 agents detained over 1.5 million illegal aliens, seized 1.7 billion dollars of drugs, with February totals topping 24,700 apprehensions and 6,864 pounds of marijuana seized in January.
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del Rio
U.S
Border Patrol
Southwest
Mexico
Carlton Jones
Public Affairs Office
Jones
Abilene
Brackettville
Carrizo Springs
Comstock Station
Eagle Pass
Llano
Rocksprings
San Angelo
Uvalde
Texas
Rio Grande
Judge orders accused serial killer to undergo psychological exam
A Texas judge ordered Angel Maturino Resendiz to cooperate with a court appointed psychiatric evaluation as prosecutors seek to compel insight into his mental state. He faces capital murder charges for physician Claudia Benton’s death and additional killings in Illinois and Kentucky, with trials and potential insanity defense plans tied to the examination.
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Harmon
Maturino Resendiz
Resendiz
Allen Tanner
Claudia Benton
Texas Rangers
FBI
Devon Anderson
Mexico
el Paso
United States
Texas
Benton
Maturino Resendia
Illinois
Kentucky
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News Herald
Carlos Cardenas
Roosevelt Park
LOTTO
Jcpenney
Plaza del Sol Mall
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