𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗢 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔, 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗢'𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗟𝗔𝗪 𝗘𝗡𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟, 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝟯𝟴 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗥𝗨𝗚 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 & 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗦

 partial reprint of story by "Socalj"of Borderland Beat

Genaro Garcia Luna

“After years of destructive narcotrafficking and deceit, Garcia Luna will spend nearly 40 years where he belongs: federal prison.”

“Today’s sentencing of Genaro Garcia Luna is a critical step in upholding justice and the rule of law. His betrayal of the public trust and the people he was sworn to protect resulted in more than one million kilograms of lethal narcotics imported into our communities and unleashed untold violence here and in Mexico. This sentence sends a strong message that no one, regardless of their position or influence, is above the law.” Stated United States Attorney Peace.

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram stated that “Garcia Luna accepted millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel to allow millions of kilograms of cocaine to flood the streets of the United States. Instead of protecting the citizens of Mexico, Garcia Luna was protecting drug cartels.”

“Today’s sentencing sends a powerful message that no one is above the law,” said HSI Executive Associate Director Katrina W. Berger. “HSI continues its partnered commitment to disrupting and dismantling the criminal networks responsible for bringing deadly narcotics into the U.S.”

Bribed by the Sinaloa Cartel

From 2006 to 2012, Genaro Garcia Luna was Mexico's top law enforcement official, serving as Secretary of Public Security and, in that capacity, controlled Mexico’s Federal Police Force. Previously, from 2001 to 2005, the defendant was the head of Mexico’s Federal Investigative Agency (AFI).

Luna used his official positions to assist the violent Sinaloa Cartel (the Cartel) in exchange for millions of dollars in bribes.

Garcia Luna’s conduct included facilitating safe passage of the Cartel’s drug shipments, providing sensitive law enforcement information about investigations into the Cartel and helping the Cartel attack rival drug cartels, thereby facilitating the importation of multi‑ton quantities of cocaine and other drugs into the United States.

"𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗝𝗜𝗠 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗝𝗢 𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗭" 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗦 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥

 From the editor: An early morning message contained a link to a "Special to El Rrun Rrun" concerning a reprimand to former 404th District Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez from the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, but also a link to this blog's original article from May 12, 2012.

The reader simply said: "You were right Jim."

Here is the link to "El Rrun Rrun:" https://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2024/10/commission-on-judicial-conduct-publicly.html

We publish our original article from 12 years ago below:

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Has Elia Cornejo Lopez Lost the Respect of Her Peers?

When the frequently brilliant legalist Bobby Wightman-Cervantes called out 404th District Court Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez recently, he cited three possible options to explain her aberrant courtroom behavior.  Bobby said Lopez was either a "co-conspirator with Armando Villalobos,  insane or dumber than shit."  Not particularly flattering words, Bobby!

Among Wightman-Cervantes' contentions were that Lopez, as judge, allowed an attorney to share damaging hearsay testimony against a defendent without even being sworn in, all clear violations of the rules of evidence and court ethics.  Bobby included observations that Lopez had lied to a jury pool, lied about her opponent's connection to the deposed Judge Able Limas and  was guilty of judicial misconduct in the handling Ernesto Martinez.

More insight into the character of Elvia Cornejo Lopez surfaced when she took out an ad in the Brownsville Herald, attempting to link her opponent in the 404th district judge race, Rebecca RuBane, with the corrupt, now convicted former judge, Abel Limas.  RuBane swiftly and publicly responded to Lopez' charges:
"I must set the record straight. . . my opponent has again run a political smear ad against me saying that I had a role in the escape of convicted murderer Amit Livingston, and that I am or was somehow involved in the public corruption instigated by Abel Limas and others.  To my friends, my supporters,  the public and even my detractors:  My involvement with the Amit Livingston murder case ended in December 2006, when I left the DA's office to begin private practice.   

The plea agreement and escape of Amit Livingston occurred in the spring of 2007.  As a private attorney, I had no involvement or participation or input in the matter.  I had no duty or obligation or MEANS to intervene in an agreement between the State of Texas and the defendant.  

This action by Ms. Elvia Lopez is a desperate attempt by an incumbent who senses that the tide of public opinion is turning and that the citizens of Cameron County want and demand better from their elected officials.  I believe the voting public is smart enough to recognize this as a desperate attack on my integrity and not a fair representation of my work as an attorney. 

Rebecca RuBane

Actually, several complaints have come in to Mean Mister Brownsville with respect to boorish behavior, despotic treatment of employees and inept handling of her court.  One message claims that a survey among Cameron County attorneys found Lopez the least competent court judge.  All of those impressions are simply opinions, not proven fact, and it's fully expected that Lopez will survive this election handily, but as these impressions mount, she may face a more difficult re-election next time around.

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚 𝗙𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟵

 submitted by Rene Torres

Charles Lindbergh first flew airmail between the U.S. and Mexico on March 10, 1929, in a Ford tri-motor aircraft. The flight originated in Brownsville, Texas and went to Mexico City via Tampico. 

However, many bags of mail went missing for a month, which became known as the Lost Mail Flight. 

Lindbergh was an experienced pilot and airmail pilot before his famous transatlantic flight in 1927. 

He earned the nickname "Lucky Lindy" after he was forced to parachute to safety twice while flying the mail. 

𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗢'𝗦 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣

From the editor: The Brownsville City Commission honored the Super Cream Group, originating in Brownsville's sister city, Tampico, Tamaulipas, at its bimonthly meeting October 15.  The Brownsville location is at 1014 Ruben M. Torres Boulevard.

Super Cream Group is a 100% Tampico company, founded in 1945 on Carranza Street in downtown Tampico, the brainchild of an enthusiastic woman, mother of 11 children, who started making cakes and fine pastries in what was then her home. 

Thanks to the fact that all products are prepared with 100% natural raw materials and for their quality and delicious flavor, the business obtains the recognition of its customers, which leads to the introduction of snacks and sandwiches and, over time, to restaurant and cafeteria service. 

Her children have been responsible for expanding the Super Cream concept over the years, reaching 14 points of sale distributed in the north and south of Tamaulipas, as well as in the United States of America in Brownsville, Tx., in addition to adding to the Super Cream family the successful concepts 360 Grill & Bar, Salón Principal 360, Fast Food Deli, Super Cream USA and Toscafino. 

Turning Super Cream Group into a leading and expanding company through the development of Super Cream brand franchises. Super Cream, a delicious tradition of more than 71 years!

𝗡𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗦, 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗔

 

𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗦~𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚?

Camp Harmony Assembly Center, Puyallup, Washington

Something Donald Trump has mentioned twice this week, invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, is not a joke, as it was last employed during World War II against the Japanese or anyone determined to have 1/16th "Japanese blood."

In May of 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, removing 110,000 Japanese on the west coast from their homes and businesses, about 13,000 of them in and around my home town, Seattle.

There was no such internment of Italians or Germans, only the Japanese, although the U.S. had declared war on all three countries.

The State of Washington had no actual internment camps, simply assembly centers, one at Puyallup, a temporary facility where Japanese were sent for reassignment to an internment camp. (About 200 Alaskans were initially sent to Puyallup, including some indigenous people who happened to be married to Japanese.)

Trump made his racism very clear as he rode down the escalator in 2015 spouting that Mexican Nationals in this country were "rapists" and "murderers."

What completely baffles me is that recent polls show that 36% of Hispanics support Trump for President.  Those who do simply must have no idea where Trump wants to take this country.

𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗘 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗜𝗔'𝗦 "𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬" 𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗞'𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗥 & 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟

 

𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧~𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗧 𝗨𝗧-𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦

 

𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗟𝗬 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗕𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗦

 

𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗟 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗦

 

𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗛'𝗦, "𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗘," 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟴

 submitted by Rene Torres

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗡'𝗦 𝟴𝟰𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗪𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗗𝗦, 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞, 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗥𝗞

 

For over 30 years every October 9th, a few hundred folk assemble in the Strawberry Field's section of New York's Central Park to commemorate the birthday of Beatle John Lennon, this year his 84th.

A ragtag group of guitarists, a drummer or two and a few playing wind instruments, obviously have no battle plan; doing Lennon songs, Lennon-McCartney tunes and yes, some George Harrison creations like "Something" or "Here Comes the Sun."

While there are some my age in the group, most are younger, as the music of the Beatles has transcended generations.  

I still remember clearly December 8, 1980 when Nena called me at my work to tell me John had been shot and killed. (While we had all the albums, the White album was a wedding gift from Tom Robinson 1/15/1969.)

One of my prized possessions, a John Lennon tie, sat in my dresser for several years before I decided to give it to Ben Neece, a big Lennon fan, on his birthday.  Ben told me he wore that tie to his swearing in as Municipal Judge and as City Commissioner.

From the early 60's on the Beatles set the tone culturally, musically for the entire world.  While the records were banned in the Soviet Union, it was obvious when McCartney played in Red Square in 2003, Russians knew the words to every song.

Every cab driver in the Philippines also seems to know the entire Beatle catalogue by heart. 

It's hard to comprehend that John's now been gone 44 years. 

𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣'𝗦 𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧'𝗦 𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘