As if Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula with its beautiful white powdery sand needed any more bad publicity in light of increased, sporadic, cartel-related violence that has filtered over into the tourist district, gun shots rang out last Friday, killing one and injuring six.
EDINBURG — On May 3, during a City Council meeting, the Edinburg Mayor and Council appointed Clarice Yvette Balderas as City Secretary following Executive Session. This announcement follows the recent appointment of Myra L. Ayala, who formerly held the position of City Secretary, as City Manager last month.
U.S. attorneys unsealed a two-count indictment Tuesday morning in Southern District Court (McAllen), claiming that political vote-getter (politiquero) Miguel “Mike” Angel Garza aided and abetted a bribery scheme between two city of Edinburg officials and a private vendor during a time period pre-dating the most recent election, November 2021.
The recent Palmhurst mayoral election result has a precedent — a dead candidate wins a local election.
Alfredo Martínez, Sr., 81, whose one of two sons is Rep. Armando “Mando” Martínez, D-Weslaco, was laid to rest on May 4 at Highland Memorial Park in Weslaco.
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