Eagle Pass park reopens more than a year after the state seized it for border security

The state seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass in 2024 to use it as an operating base for Operation Lone Star, Gov. Greg Abbott's border security initiative. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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After more than a year of being occupied by the state for its border security operations, a 47-acre park in Eagle Pass has quietly been reopened for public use as state and national forces have withdrawn.