Residents say they can no longer access the park after the state seized it against the city’s wishes in January.
Protesters march toward Shelby Park on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Eagle Pass , Texas. A rally was held near Shelby Park protesting the current occupation of the park by the Texas Department of Public Safety as part of Operation Lonestar. The park, which became a global focal point for illegal border crossings, was once open to the public but is now closed to the public and heavily fortified.
“We lost, but you know what, we fought,” said Jessie Fuentes, a local activist with a kayaking business he used to operate from the park. “Here we are again, defending our park of 47 acres. Our park where our kids play soccer, where we fish, where we go to the river. We can no longer do any of those things.”
The saga over Shelby Park began last summer when Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas agreed to declare it private property at the state’s request so that troopers could arrest migrants for trespassing. Salinas and the city council later rescinded the agreement following residents’ complaints.But that did not stop the state. In January, Salinas said he received a call from a DPS director who told him the state had taken over the park.at the time. “This is not something that we wanted.
The park Corpus sees now — mostly from above while crossing the international bridge into Mexico — is a scary sight that reminds him of a warzone filled with reams of concertina wire and uniformed soldiers clenching long guns.
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