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| Randall Bolivar |
From the editor: We're publishing two articles from Randall Bolivar strongly critical of Sheriff Omar Lucio.
Mr. Bolivar was convicted in 2014 for the 2009 murder of Aaron Castillo and remains incarcerated.
In 2018 this blog published a letter from Mr. Bolivar claiming that District Attorneys Armando Villalobos and Luis V. Saenz had "violated his rights" while "breaking multiple laws."
Mr. Bolivar is responsible for the content below:
THE END OF OMAR LUCIO, Part I
On November 27th, The Brownsville Herald described the latest Texas Commission on Jail Standards report showing Cameron County, once again, being in violation of meeting the minimum standards, and Omar Lucio’s continued excuses for the same problems. It is apparent that Omar Lucio’s time as Sheriff is coming to an end, again… this time for good.
Let us remember that it was Lucio’s incompetence and mismanagement that motivated the citizens of Cameron County to vote him out and Conrado Cantu in. Lucio was so bad people were willing to try anybody (ANYBODY!) else, which left us with Conrado Cantu and the damages he did to the county. However, because the corruption is so deep-rooted, Lucio was able to easily return and we’ve had to suffer ever since, but more on that later….
With regard to the report, when I was in the custody of the Sheriff from February 2009 to July 2011, all of the inmates in single cells were filing formal grievances about the exact same issue this report detailed—no out-of-cell time for single cell inmates..
We were stuck n those tiny cells 24 hours a day for months and years in some cases like my own. This was a consistent problem well over ten (10) years ago!
Are you telling me that after more than ten years, Lucio is so incompetent that not only can he not figure-out how to tell his jailers to ensure that inmates are given what the law requires, but that Lucio can’t even hire one experienced person to do it for him? Sadly, the report gives us this answer.
Looking at Lucio’s sorry and unjustifiable excuses as to why this is continuing to happen is yet but another sign that his time as sheriff is quickly coming to an end.
He has many jail employees with decades of service at the jail, and these one-hour of out-of-cell time requirements are also decades old. There simply is no excuse for it, but Lucio believes that the citizens of Cameron County are ignorant and don’t care.
I say we show him otherwise. It is time for a change, it is time for the future to start now.
My fellow citizens, let us look into the future and not to the last forty years of corruption in this County. We need new candidates for Sheriff. Enough of the career politician who only wants to increase the size of the jail and staff so he can increase his power and control over local politics and justify a bigger paycheck for himself.
How about we help the citizens improve their budgets first, then (if necessary) increase the Sheriff’s budget? Sorry, but as for Sheriff, it is THE END OF OMAR LUCIO…
De Oppresso Libre,
Randall Bolivar
THE END OF OMAR LUCIO, Part II
To continue with the TCJS Report, I’ll add that its well-recognized that if there is no written record of government action, then it did not happen. Well, Mr. Lucio cannot provide documentation of giving single-cell (Ad.Seg.) inmates their one-hour out-of-cell time as required by law, then it didn’t happen. He just doesn’t care about the law!
It reminds me of when Lucio illegally and unjustly held me in Ad. Seg. for over two years without cause or documentation. When I filed formal grievances, his reasons were that I had been reviewed once a month for the last 16 months, yet gave no justification as to why I was being held in Ad. Seg.
Incidentally, an inmate is supposed to be part of the classification review process, but in the over two years Lucio held me in Ad. Seg., NOT ONCE was I ever interviewed by a classification officer. NOT ONCE!
How I got placed in Ad. Seg. Still remains formally unanswered, but a few jailers gave hints—Lucio was doing his good friend Armando Villalobos a favor because Villalobos wanted to get a quick plea deal out of me, so they used Ad. Seg. as a way to coerce me into submission like they do with most big cases.
It should be noted that for the first two years I was in Lucio’s jail, I tried to get Lucio to allow my U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Veteran’s Justice Outreach (VJO) Program Case Manager into the jail, the way VJO staff were doing all across the country, to assist me in my case.
Unfortunately for myself, and fellow veterans at the time, Lucio fought us tooth and nail. But I am glad I started that fight because it caused VA officials in Washington, DC to intervene and ensure that VJO staff were allowed in to meet with veterans.
What Lucio was opposed to is now a standard practice. And because of this simple act of having VJO Case Managers assist veterans when they find themselves in the court system, many veterans and their families have benefitted. It has allowed veterans to get the evidence they need to present in court, which I did not get to do.
In a few instances, that evidence has proved their innocence, and frequently shows mitigating circumstances in their case. It also helps to get the veteran and their family better situated regardless if the veteran is being released from jail or sent to prison.
So, why wouldn’t Lucio want this? Simply put, he cares little, if anything for the men and women whom served. If locking up and keeping them locked up helps Lucio to gain political power by doing favors for his corrupt friends, or growing the jail population to show a reason to merit a big pay raise, believe me when I tell you he will.
It is time for a change, I urge all members of the community, democrats and republicans, to seek and find a better option for Sheriff of Cameron County because for our current one, it is THE END OF OMAR LUCIO.
De Oppresso Libre,
Randall Bolivar
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Having Mary Rey’s convict kid sound off is not helping Eric.
ReplyDeleteHow do you know Mr BolΓvar it‘s no helping Eric? ? On the contrary, many of us here, believe Mr. BolΓvar is helping Eric a lot, without even realizing it.
DeleteHey, this is great! At least this US Army Veteran is telling it like it is.
DeleteThose Mofos at the Carrizalez Det. Cor. Think their shit doesn’t stink , and the poor jailers have to always kiss-up to rank , in order to keep their jobs.
Neither is having Lucio in pull ups but here we are.
DeleteThis is so ridiculous and b******* Randall you're full of s*** and so is the person publishing this nonsense ridiculous without any proof
ReplyDeleteProof? Pendejo(a) his story of being beaten is on YouTube for sleeping with a judge's wife! No $$$ will get you out of jail or out of a beating after that shit. Randi was no saint but he ain't no killer. Aaron was no saint either him and Tino jacked cars all the time!!!! Him and Randi were buds Randi didn't do nuthing but sleep with that ho but Castillo bros owed money to the wrong people.
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Delete@ 10:42pm Why are you upset? I been there, and I know that every thing this Veteran is saying is the truth.
Funny how the people who talk shit always comment anonymous.
DeleteFull of it really? Are you stupid or something? Or are you like everyone else who speaks out of their pie hole? Are you not aware that many people have been hurt and died in the county jail? Some handcuffed and shackled yet are like Houdini and supposedly attack jailers like what happened to Bolivar and Gabriel! Stop being stupid and adding to the problem which is acting like there's no proof or nothing happened. It makes you look even more stupid then you are.
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None of you probably know what it's like having a loved one in jail. After what happened to Gabriel and his family, I applaud this young man for speaking out. Nobody wants to say or do anything out of fear of being questioned as a parent. Too much has happened and those who go to jail are being treated unfairly. While some are guilty some are innocent. Just because they're there doesn't mean they actually did something wrong. This is Cameron County it means you better have money or you might pay for something you didn't do.
ReplyDeleteWorst mistake Mary Rey ever made Randall too was to not support Villalobos in his re-election. Ask Joe Lopez. Randall was a good guy just slept with the wrong girl then had an affair with the wrong woman and boom! You're involved with a drug dealing family and a judge's wife. Randall alone was a good guy. He's innocent.
ReplyDeleteOOPS!!! I think the Veteran ruffled some feathers!!
ReplyDeleteDo you really need proof of the obvious?
I’m willing to bet this young man has plenty of proof. Go Randall! It’s true “the corruption is so deep-rooted” that it would take a good Sheriff some time to undo the many years of DAMAGE done to our community by the Lucio Administration.
ReplyDeleteOn a personal note. Thanks Randall for spearheading the entrance of the VJO Case Mgrs. which has helped hundreds of incarcerated Veterans. GBU.
USA πΊπΈ land of the FREE, because of the BRAVE!!
I think its important that we remember that the law is the law. If you are responsible for running a correctional facility, you must not only enforce the law, but follow it as well, as do those who are employed at such facilities. Obviously, this is not the case in Cameron County. Second, from the beginning of time, innocent people have been judged wrongly in courts and in life. Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, and so on. That still happens today and there are many innocent people in jail or prison today. Our justice system is flawed and some elected officials are corrupt. That is just the way it is. While everyone believes that jail or prison is a walk in the park, it isn't. You have zero rights and while some deserve to have those rights stripped, others should not. But if we look at the law, everyone is protected under the constitution because our founding fathers knew the system would continue to fail because as humans its in our nature to fail. As a veteran, I believe Mr. Bolivar was failed by a corrupt system and because of his past, was failed by a court of his peers. As a volunteer for the prison system, I can point out many who never committed a crime except to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. The prisons are filled with people who are innocent. Randall Bolivar after reading your articles, you seem to know the political system pretty well and I have no doubt that your trial was based on lies and inefficient council. My prayers are with you and your family.
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Randy Bolivar is as good as they come anybody who knows him will tell you he didn't do it. Good business man good father good friend. Justice for Randy #Peace
ReplyDeleteFrom someone who knew both Randy and Aaron both guys had good hearts neither one would have the heart to hurt anybody much less each other. That other comment was true neither Randy or Aaron were saints BOTH had a record but they were both sweethearts. Randy did not hurt Aaron someone else who was there did and the Castillo family or atleast the messed up brother Tino who abandoned Aaron his own brother knows. I hope one day the real truth comes out. RIP Aaron and Randy I'm sorry you're paying for something you didn't do. You should have never gotten with that Milpa Verde low life family or slept w the judges wife. Hope you get out soon.
ReplyDeletePURA MILPA VERDE TORTIERIA EZ QUICK HOT BURRITOS EN SOUTHMOST ALV! NETA RANDAL NO HOMIE LEAVES THIS LIFE WITHOUT PAYING DO'S YOU DONT DO IT YOU DID DONT MATTER TRUE KING GOT YO BACK WE ALL GOT SOME BURRO EN LA TORTI MILPA NO SHAME IN THE GAME PLAYERS PLAY YOU DO YOU HOMIE
DeleteSo, what became of the judge's adulterous wife? Ja ja ja ja
DeleteSayin goes a quien le dan pan que yorre You get pan de la negra or la guerra on Milpa you sure as shit gonna cry a mofo. Jar Jar Binks lookin mofo knew they was all hos an wanna come cry foul. Yo ass lucky Tone Loc come make ladies of em. C'mon now in the pen cause popo got ya on some bullshit charges ain't nobody got ears for dat WORD
DeleteI also knew Randy for many years. He was always advocating for veterans at city and state levels. Randy wrote a bill to help Veterans, but when he went to prison Lucio III said he co-authored it, & introduced it. During the following legislative session bill passed, all of it Randy’s ideas/words. Just ask Lucio’s administrative assistant, or Charlie L. In Austin.
ReplyDeleteThe “Milpa Verde low life family” and the judge’s ho wife is all true.
ReplyDeleteI went to school with him, I know his brothers, we were all friends.
Torti Milpa fed and washed his shit stained drawers yo! If you know you gotta ho why cry foul you knew dat from the mofo get go you alls outta wack comin with dat he knew it was popos woman he knew la negra was a ho why cry foul
DeleteJus sayin you screw a ho marry a ho you gona get played what you expect motherfucking award comon now!
ReplyDeleteUmm hell yeah he deserves a freaking award! You ever seen La Negra aka Torti Milpa? The judges wife? One is butt ugly and the other is old! You gotta have a strong stomach to take that shit on! Randy was too good for her. Even Tony Tiger is too good but I'd rather she be with him than Randy. Anyone got a mailing address for Randy?
DeleteVery mature. Randall Bolivar being housed in the prison system sounds more intelligent than anyone else here. Women are not "ho's" if that were the case what does that make your mother? Since we live in Cameron and not Harris or Bexar county I'm willing to bet none of you are African American. Sending out prayers to Randall and his family. Good read highly intellectual standpoint.
ReplyDeleteY la Reputikana is what. A high classed HOE hehehehehehe !? Repubican girls think there hoo hoos and chi chis are made with gold. Demenos girls from the barrio dont hide behind Trump. Democrat Rulz************* Republicanas no valen maiz******** Que gane Omar Lucio or Eric dont matter************ con que the losers Reputikanos dont win!
ReplyDeleteAnyone have an extra Hoodrat Decoder Ring lying around somewhere? Hoo hoos and Chi Chis? Seriously? Are you aware that you're using grammar that only a toddler would use publicly? Proud to be from the barrio huh?
DeleteYes, sweetheart, that's exactly what they are. See, a conservative woman marries her man before she has children and then pleases her husband in the bedroom becoming whatever he needs her to be. She's loyal, faithful and endures pleasing only her husband, children, and lastly herself. You'll see her mostly with her legs crossed whereas a "ho" will open herself up to every Tom, Dick, and Pancho to get herself knocked up in hopes of achieving marriage. Usually the "ho" never EVER gets married at all because, well, why buy the cow if you can have the milk for free? No, nothing is lined with gold except maybe the heart in some cases. I must stress that attitude and grammar reveal a lot about a woman (yes I can tell you're a female). You have probably never been married and I'm guessing you've never had much going for you. You dislike and hate on women who you feel are a threat to you in some way, shape, or form. So, in a nutshell, you are a woman who is unhappy, you have zero self-confidence, and have no self-respect for yourself or others. Women are supposed to empower other women and at the very least act as if no one in this world compares to them. When a woman uses the term "ho" it shows you have no class and or had a crappy upbringing. By that I don't blame the barrio, I've known many who have more values and respect who come from the barrio. I blame the parents first and the individual at hand far more. If you act like an indigent, the world will see you as one no matter what you become in life. Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, pretty or ugly, if you have a black heart, your life will always be empty. Stop hating other people for your failures in life.
DeleteP.S. A "hoe" is an agricultural tool used to loosen soil. Spelling is everything and above all else FUNDAMENTAL.
Thank you so much to the person who wrote the above commentary.
DeleteLadies, we belong to a class who was oppressed for years and unable to vote until 1919. I believe we can do better than this.
Let’s elevate each other, let’s recognize one another in our own merits, but above all, let’s NOT lose focus of why we are here. Corruption at every level in our community. And as long as we keep electing the same corrupt individuals to office, nothing would change.
Randall Bolivar is a good example of the corrupt Judges, corrupt DA’s, corrupt Assistant DA’s, and a corrupt Sheriff doing favors for all of the above.
Screw Erik and Omar let them battle it out like men. This gentleman is yummy. I'll bet we'd drop down and go twenty!
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