Posts Tagged Ojinaga
County selects international bridge project consultant in heated meeting
December 1st, 2011
By ALBERTO TOMÁS HALPERN
PRESIDIO COUNTY – Amid heated debate, confusion, and lots of head shaking, Presidio County officials Tuesday voted to enter into contract negotiations with S&B Infrastructure of McAllen as consultant for the expansion of the international bridge between Presidio and Ojinaga.
The county, with Ciudad Ojinaga, Chihuahua state, and Mexico plan to add two …
U.S. citizen held at port of entry but reason passport revoked a mystery
October 20th, 2011
By ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN
PRESIDIO – An Odessa man who said he was born in Presidio was detained last week at the Presidio Port of Entry by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who failed to provide much information as to the detention, his Midland attorney said.
Demetrio Porras Baeza was visiting his mother, who lives …
Funeral held on boy’s birthday in Ojinaga
October 20th, 2011
OJINAGA – Ricardo Andres Trujano Aranda would have celebrated his ninth birthday on Sunday. He had already chosen a piñata and a theme for his birthday party, but instead of a celebration, he was buried on his birthday.
Ricardo Andres died this past Thursday, a few days after being shot by assassins near Aldama, Chihuahua, another …
Presidio student killed with father in Mexico narco-assassination
October 13th, 2011
OJINAGA, CHIHUAHUA, Chih., Mexico – An Ojinaga father and his 14-year-old son were killed Sunday in Aldama, a small city near Chihuahua City, while two other children – an 8-year-old and a year and a half-old baby, as well as another companion – were wounded during the attack.
Luis “Bola” Trujano Anaya, 35, and his son …
Muere albañil al caer de un andamio de 6 metros
September 29th, 2011
Por. DAVID R. REYNOSO ATAYDE
Ojinaga Chih.- Un albañil, Luis Aguilar, 55, falleció la tarde de este lunes al sufrir una caída de un andamio de 6 metros de altura, cuando se encontraba en compañía de su trabajador haciendo unos trabajos en el techo del interior de una vivienda en construcción. El fuerte golpe le provoco …
Ojinaga rancher murdered
September 1st, 2011
By LUIS ARMANDO RAMOS
OJINAGA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO – Oscar Zúñiga Piña, 48, a well-known rancher in Ojinaga, was found dead last Sunday.
City police from Camargo, Chihuahua, said the Zúñiga Piña´s body was found at 6:30am on the Camargo-Jiménez highway, at the kilometer 5 marker. Zúñiga Piña had been shot to death, police said.
Family members of the …
Teda Neill nears a century of living, still helping children
August 4th, 2011
By BENJAMIN WERMUND
ALPINE – When Teda Neill first met the few original orphans of Albergue Casa Hogar in the mid-1990s, they were living in an abandoned Ojinaga building that had served as a storehouse for illegal drugs.
The children slept on pallets on the floor and ate food off of hot plates.
A Mexican couple was caring …
Oaxacan cultural group to perform in Alpine, Marfa, Presidio
July 28th, 2011
UPDATE: In the event of rain, this evening’s Marfa performance will be moved to the USO building, same time, 8 pm, and remember, it’s free.
FAR WEST TEXAS – An evening of authentic and traditional music, dance, songs, poetry and costumes from Mexico’s Oaxaca state will be presented for free in Alpine, Marfa and …
Kidnapped Chihuahua student back at home, recuperating
July 28th, 2011
By RIGOBERTO REYNOSO ATAYDE
OJINAGA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO – A 21-year-old Technological Institute of Chihuahua student Las Alitas restaurant worker who was kidnapped July 19 is back home and recuperating.
Perla Margarita Ramos Bailon
Perla Margarita Ramos Bailón left her home at 6am July 19 to catch the bus at the bus stop located in …
Matan a taxista de 42 puñaladas
April 28th, 2011
OJINAGA – Una vez más los hechos de sangre se asientan en Ojinaga, cuando apenas el pasado viernes alrededor de las 7:40 de la mañana fue encontrado el cuerpo del señor Natividad Carrasco de aproximadamente 60 años de edad.
El cuerpo del Sr. Carrasco fue encontraco en el interior de una labor del Ejido Cañada Ancha …
