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Texas published a map claiming the Rio Grande as its border with Mexico and not the Nueces River, the border since the Spanish colonial era. [5] The Mexican Congress rejected the Treaties of Velasco signed by Antonio López de Santa Anna , arguing that Santa Anna had no authority to grant independence to Texas.
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Eagle Pass is so named because the contour of the hills through which the Rio Grande flows bore a fancied resemblance to the outstretched wings of an eagle. [6] General William Leslie Cazneau (1807–1876) founded the Eagle Pass townsite in the 1840s. [7] In 1850, Rick Pawless opened a trading post called Eagle Pass. In 1871, Maverick County ...
Fabens was a small border crossing ten miles east of El Paso, Texas. It opened in 1938, and closed on November 17, 2014, when the new Tornillo Port of Entry opened nearby. The Fabens-Caseta International Bridge was too small to handle commercial traffic, and local business interests pressed for an alternate route from the busy commercial ...
The international railway bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, reopened Saturday after personnel were redirected earlier this week to assist with a surge in migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces a billboard campaign in Mexico and Central America to deter illegal immigration, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Dec. 19, 2024.
Also in May, a former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting a $5,000 bribe to provide immigration paperwork to illegal border crossers, according to another complaint.