EGL, INC.

                               Power of Attorney

         WHEREAS, the undersigned, in.his or her capacity as a director or
officer or both, as the case may be, of EGL, Inc., a Texas corporation (the
"Company"), may be required to file {a} Forms 3, 4 and 5 ("Section 16 Forms")
electronically via EDGAR ,with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant 1:0 Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively,
the "Exchange Act"), in connection with the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities of the Company, and (b) one or more Form 144s ("Form
144s"and, together with Section 16 Forms, the "Forms") with the Commission
pursuant. to Rule 144 ("Rule 144") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the "Securities
Act"), in connection with the undersigned's transactions in securities of the
Company;

         NOW. THEREFORE. the undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director
or officer both, as the case may be, of the Company, does hereby appoint Elijio
V; Serrano and Dana Carabin, and each of them severally, as his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact and agent or agents with power
to act with or without the other and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in his or her name, place and stead, in his or her
capacity as a director or officer or both, as the case maybe, of the Company,
Forms, including but not limited to EDGAR forms, and any and all amendments
thereto and any and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
therewith, if any, and to file the same with the Commission, any stock exchange
and any other self-regulatory organization or similar authority. Each said
attorney-in-fact and agent shall have full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities,
every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done in the premises, as
fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorney. The powers and authority of each said attorney-in-fact and agent
herein granted shall remain in full force an effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned by
giving written notice of such revocation to the Company. The undersigned
acknowledges that the said attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Exchange Act or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this
3rd day of January, 2006.


                                                       /s/ Joe Bento
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                                                    Name:  Joe Bento