Doc-118566 Hidalgo County Arturo Guajardo Jr. County Clerk Edinburg, Texas 78540 *VG-705-2026-118566" Document No: 118566 Billable Pages: 5 Recorded On: September 14, 2026 01:26 PM Number of Pages: 6 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE *****Examined and Charged as Follows***** Total Recording: $ 22.00 *****THIS PAGE IS PART OF THE DOCUMENT***** Any provision herein which restricts the Sale, Rental, or use of the described REAL PROPERTY because of color or race is invalid and unenforceable under federal jaw. File Information: Record and Return To: Document No: 118566 Rogerio G Lopez Receipt No: 20260914000227 7009 Austrian Pne Recorded On: September 14, 2026 01:26 PM original returned to customer Deputy Clerk: Elisa Castillo BROWNSVILLE TX 78526 Station: CC-ED-KF1014 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HIDALGO | hereby certify that this Instrument was FILED in the File Number sequence on the date/time printed hereon, and was duly RECORDED in the Official Records of Hidalgo County, Texas. Arturo Guajardo Jr. County Clerk Jin a Hidalgo County, Texas Doc-118566 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE (AND APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES) THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER. ASSERT AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, IF YOU ARE OR YOUR SPOUSE IS SERVING ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, INCLUDING ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD OR THE NATIONAL GUARD OF ANOTHER STATE OR AS A MEMBER OF A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE SEND WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER OF THIS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY. Sender of this notice: Mark E. Sossi, Troiani & Sossi, PLILC, 222 East Van Buren Avenue, Suite 700A, Harlingen, Texas 78550. I. APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF MERCEDES, INC., a Texas nonprofit industrial development corporation ("Mortgagec"), is the owner and holder of the Note and the Deed of Trust lien described below. Acting in her capacity as Executive Director of Mortgagce, and pursuant to authority granted by the Mortgagee's Board of Directors , and pursuant to Sections 51.0075(c) and 51.0076 of the Texas Property Code, the undersigned removes the original trustee and each prior substitute trustee and appoints TROIANI AND SOSSI PLLC, MARK E. SOSSI and ANTHONY TROIANL, each of whom may act alonc, as Substitute Trustces. Each Substitute Trustee succeeds to all title, powers and duties of the original trustee under the Deed of Trust, including the power to post, file, serve and publish the notices required by Section 51.002 of the Texas Property Code, to conduct the sale, and to execute and deliver a Substitute Trustee's Deed. The address of the Substitute Trustees, disclosed as required by Section 51.0075(e) of the Texas Property Code, is 222 East Van Buren Avenue, Suite 700A, Harlingen, Texas 78550. Il. NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE Default has occurred in the payment of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust described below. The indebtedness has been accelerated and is now wholly due. Mortgagee has requested the Substitute Trustces to sell the Property at public auction to the highest bidder for cash and to apply the proceeds as the Deed of Trust directs. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Substitute Trustees will sell the Property at public auction as follows: Doc-118566 IDATE, TIME AND PLACE [Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2026. OF SALE (Time: The sale will begin at 10:00 a.m. or not later than three hours after that time. Place: The Hidalgo County Administration Building, 2802 South Business Highway 281, Edinburg, Texas 78539 (outdoor covered area on| the west side of the building), being the area designated by the (Commissioners Court of Hidalgo County, Texas for sales of real property under Section 51.002 of the Texas Property Code; or, if that larea is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated| lby the Commissioners Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. INSTRUMENT TO BE Deed of Trust, Security Agreement and Financing Statement dated FORECLOSED September 18, 2017, recorded October 24, 2017 under Clerk's File No. 2860281 in the Official Public Records of Hidalgo County, Texas, lexecuted by MD INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C., as Grantor, to Juan R. Molina, Trustee, for the benefit of THE DEVELOPMENT (CORPORATION OF MERCEDES, INC., as Beneficiary. OBLIGATIONS SECURED The Promissory Note dated September 18, 2017 in the original principal lamount of $323,687.85, executed by MD INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C. land payable to the order of THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION jOF MERCEDES, INC., together with all modifications, renewals, jextensions and rearrangements of that Note, and all other indebtedness jand obligations described in or secured by the Deed of Trust. (THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF MERCEDES, INC. is the Icurrent owner and holder of the Note and of the Deed of Trust lien. IPROPERTY TO BE SOLD _ [Lot 3-D, D. VOGEL BUSINESS PARK SUBDIVISION, an addition to [the City of Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas, according to the amended plat or map thereof recorded on January 19, 2012 under Clerk's File No. 2273538 in the Office of the County Clerk of Hidalgo County, Texas, together with all improvements, fixtures and other property described in lor covered by the Deed of Trust. Reported address: 311D Vogel Drive, Mercedes, Texas 78570. The laddress is furnished for information only. The legal description controls. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES — Mark E. Sossi and Anthony Troiani, each of whom may act alone. |Address of Substitute Trustees for purposes of Section 51.0075(e) of the (Texas Property Code: 222 East Van Buren Avenue, Suite 700A, Harlingen, Texas 78550. Doc-118566 HI. TERMS OF SALE 1. Public auction; cash. The Property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, subject to Mortgagee's right under the Deed of Trust to credit its bid against the unpaid indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust as of the time of sale. 2. Ability to pay. A prospective bidder must be prepared to demonstrate the ability to pay the bid immediately in cash or by cashier's check payable to the Substitute Trustee. The purchase price is due and payable without delay upon acceptance of the bid, except as the Substitute Trustee may otherwise agree. Tex. Prop. Code § 51.0075(f). If the high bidder fails to perform, the Substitute Trustee may reopen the bidding or resell the Property. 3. Conditions of sale. Pursuant to Section 51.0075(a) of the Texas Property Code, the Substitute Trustees reserve the right to set further reasonable conditions for conducting the sale. Any such conditions will be announced, and made available in writing to prospective bidders, before bidding opens for the first sale of the day conducted by the Substitute Trustees. 4."AS IS, WHERE IS." Pursuant to Section 51.009 of the Texas Property Code, a purchaser at this sale acquires the Property "AS IS, WHERE IS," without any express or implied warranty except as to warranties of title, if any, provided under the Deed of Trust, and at the purchaser's own risk, and is not a consumer, No representation is made concerning the physical or environmental condition of the Property, its occupancy, the existence or condition of improvements, fixtures or personal property, the status of ad valorem taxes, or the quality or nature of the title to be acquired. Prospective bidders are advised to conduct an independent investigation of the Property and of the priority of the lien being foreclosed. 5. Prior matters of record. The sale will be made expressly subject to any title matters set forth in the Deed of Trust and, by operation of law, to all prior matters of record affecting the Property to the extent they remain in force and have not been subordinated to the Deed of ‘Trust. The sale will not cover any part of the Property released of record from the lien of the Deed of Trust. Prospective bidders are urged to examine the applicable property records. 6. Interest conveyed. The purchaser will acquire only the interest of the Grantor in the Property as of the date of the Deed of Trust, together with any interest thereafter acquired and covered by the Deed of Trust. No bidder acquires any right in the Property until a Substitute Trustec's Deed has been executed and delivered. 7. Postponement, withdrawal and rescission. The Deed of Trust and applicable law permit Mortgagee to postpone, withdraw, cancel or reschedule the sale. In that event, the Substitute Trustees need not appear at the scheduled date, time and place to announce the postponement, withdrawal, cancellation or rescheduling. Notice of any rescheduled sale will be reposted, refiled and reserved in accordance with the Texas Property Code, and may occur after the date originally scheduled for this sale. Mortgagee or a Substitute Trustee may withdraw the Property from sale, reject any and all bids, or cancel the sale at any time before delivery of a Substitute Trustee's Deed. 8. Sole and absolute remedy. If a defect or other problem in the foreclosure process is discovered that may invalidate the sale, the consideration paid will be rcturned to the purchaser as the purchaser's sole and absolute remedy. In the event of any claim or action, by the purchaser or by any other person, requiring or Doc-118566 resulting in invalidation of the sale and rescission of the Substitute Trustee's Deed, the purchaser's damages are limited to the consideration paid to the Substitute ‘Trustee, and the sole and absolute remedy shall be return of that consideration to the purchaser. ‘The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the trustee, the Substitute Trustees, Mortgagee, or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys. IV. CAPACITY AND LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES 1. Limited capacity. The Substitute Trustees act solely in their capacity as substitute trustees under the Deed of Trust and for the sole purpose of exercising the power of sale in accordance with its terms. They act as agents of Mortgagee and assume no personal liability for the indebtedness or for the obligations of any party under the loan documents. 2. No additional duty; no fiduciary obligation. Pursuant to Section 51.0074(b) of the Texas Property Code, a trustee may not be assigned a duty under a security instrument other than to exercise the power of sale in accordance with the terms of the security instrument, and may not be held to the obligations of a fiduciary of the mortgagor or of the mortgagee. The Substitute Trustees undertake no duty beyond that limit. 3. Reliance. Pursuant to Section 51.007(f) of the Texas Property Code, a trustee is not liable for any good faith error resulting from reliance on information in law or fact provided by the mortgagor or mortgagee, or by their respective attorneys, agents, representatives, or other third parties. The Substitute Trustees have acted, and will act, in reliance on information furnished by Mortgagee concerning the indebtedness, the default, the acceleration, the identity and addresses of the persons obligated on the debt, and the status of the Property. 4. Not a debt collector. Pursuant to Section 51.0075(b) of the Texas Property Code, a trustee or substitute trustee is not a debt collector. 5. Not a necessary party. The Substitute Trustees are named in this instrument solely in their capacity as substitute trustees and are not necessary parties to any suit or proceeding concerning the indebtedness, the Deed of Trust, or the Property. The Substitute Trustees expressly reserve all rights under Section 51.007 of the Texas Property Code, including the right to file a verified denial and to be dismissed from any such suit or proceeding. V. EXECUTION EXECUTED this the 14th day of September, 2026. By: MELISSA RAMIREZ Executive Director THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF MERCEDES, INC. 320 South Ohio Avenue Mercedes, Texas 78570 Doc-118566 By: MARK E. SOSSI Substitute Trustee, and Attorney for THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF MERCEDES, INC. Troiani & Sossi, PLLC 222 East Van Buren Avenue, Suite 700A Harlingen, Texas 78550 CERTIFICATE OF POSTING AND FILING My name is Rogelio Lopez , and my address is 950 East Van Buren Stree, Brownsville, Texas 78520. J der penalty of perjury that on the 14" day of September 2026, | filed this Appointment of rustees and Notice of Substitute ‘Trustee's Sale in the Office of the County Clerk of Hidalgo exas, and caused it to be posted at the courthouse door of Hidalgo County, Texas, or at the edirected by the Commissioners Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. Signature Printed name: Rogelio Lopez Date: 14 September 2026