Edinburg Police Chief Cesar Torres returned to his job last week after a five-day suspension. Question remains: Why was he suspended? Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina says it’s a simple case of political retaliation on the part of new Councilman David White who was the city’s former police chief before he was demoted by the city’s previous city manager, Juan Guerra. White, meanwhile, said he had nothing to do with Torres’s suspension. That was the (interim) city manager’s (Richard Hinojosa) call, according to White, who was voted into office last November.
“I love this city,” said White. “I’ve been here 28 years.