Remember the outrage at Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez being allowed to play while he appealed his 211-game suspension by major league baseball?
Guess what?
Cameron County has its own (albeit smaller) version of A Rod. It is convicted (and former ) Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos.
To the surprise of many local attorneys and courthouse regulars, Villalobos was seen this Friday representing clients in at least two district courts; the 357th and 445th.
In May, a federal jury convicted Villalobos of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering and five counts of extortion, while acquitting him of two other counts of extortion.The jury convicted him on one extortion count involving $200,000 that ex-partner Eduardo Lucio received from a murder case, another count involving paying former state District Judge Abel C. Limas $9,600 to $9,700 to squelch the inquiry into the murder case and five other extortion counts.
He was found not guilty of extortion on a count alleging he received $5,000 in a series of payments for cases and another count that alleged he extorted attorney Oscar de la Fuente Jr. on seven cases.
He is currently appealing his convictions, a la A Rod.
His appearance in the courts has fueled a mounting surge of criticism from some attorneys and members of the public who feel that it is inappropriate for someone who used to be the top law enforcement official in the county and convicted of racketeering to go about his daily business exercising his profession.
"What kind of system do we have in this county?" asked one. "How can the State Bar allow this to happen?"
We have not learned who Mando's clients are or what the nature of the cases may be, but we were under the impression that federal judge Andrew Hanen had relayed all the information on the lawyers involved in the Abel Limas related racketeering cases to the Texas State bar for disciplinary consideration?
Could Mando have slipped through the cracks?
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HEY, I BET ALL THEBATTOURNEYS THAT ARE COMPLAINING WERE THE SAME OJETES THAT WERE KISSING HIS CULO WHEN HE WAS D.A.!!! WHEN LUIS SAENZ WAS JUAT A REGULAR ATTOURNEY...HE WOULD BE SEEN SITTING ALONE AT LUBYS......NOW HE IS THE HOTTEST LUNCH DATE IN TOWN.....BY THE SAME MAMONES THAT WOULD EAT WITH VILLALOBOS!!!! HYPOCRITES!!!!
MACLOVIO O'MALLEY
"THIS IS GOT TO BE JOKE"...THIS SOB IS STILL WORKING AS A LAWYER AND REPRESENTING PEOPLE IN COURT...OH MY GOD! WHAT HAS THIS JUSTICE SYSTEM COME TOOO...WHERE A CONVICTED FELONIAN IS STILL REPRESENTING HIMSELF AS A LAWYER! I CAN'T BELEIVE THAT OUR FEDERAL JUDGE ALLOWED THIS SOB TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE AS A LAWYER AFTER A CONVICTION....! THE JUDGE HAS THE POWERS TO PLACED CONDITIONS WHILE RELEASED ON BOND PENDING HIS SENTENCING DATE.... THAT HE NOT BE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE LAW! AS A CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT NATION AND COUNTY "I DEMAND THAT JUDGE HANEN COMAMD THIS SOB TO COME BEFORE HIS COURT AND CONDITIONED THIS SOB AS PART OF HIS TEMPORARY RELEASE BY BANNING HIM FROM PRACTING LAW". HOW DO YOU TELL A POLICE OFFICER AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF FELONY THAT HE CAN STILL WORK AS A POLICE OFFICER AS A FELONIAN!!!!! THIS CRAZY, CAN'T UNDERSTAND OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM....I'M SURE THE PEOPLE WOULD BE VERY UPSET OF THIS AS I AM....THIS CONVICT IS OUT ON BOND AND STILL WORKING AS A LAWYER...I DON'T THINK THE ADVANAGE "JOE" WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE OUT ON BOND AND WORKING!!!! "JOE" WOULD REMANDED INTO CUSTODY PENDING SENTENCING....!!!!! THIS SOB IS IN MY OPINION "TELLING JUDGE HANEN TO AND F__K HIMSELF"...JUDGE WAKE UP AND SEE THE LIGHT AND PUT THIS SOB AWAY AND THROW THE KEY AWAY. DON'T GIVE THIS SOB THE TYPE OF SENTENCE YOU IMPOSED ON THE OTHER PLAYERS...PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T LET THIS SOB MAKE FOOLS OF US AND YOU WHO REPRENTS US!!!! CONCERNED CITIZEN.
naciste ladron,al bote vas a ir por ladron.
He is pretty slippery. But the State Bar should be looking at his license and considering retiring it.
Don't keep on waiting for the State Bar of Texas to do anything to these attorneys who are involved in this corruption and Cameron county mess. How long has it been since all this came to light and still the State Bar of Texas had done crap about anything? The State Bar is made of the same corrupt attorneys who look after each other. It a Federal Court order that Judge Hanen issued to the State Bar to investigate hasn't done anything, do u think that us as constituents have any weight in having the state bar to investigate these attorneys? Yea right... That is the reason you haven't heard crap from the State Bar. Im curious to see what action the state bar is going to take against the corrupt lawyers
SR.MONTOYA... EL DIA DE HOY DOMINGO VIENE UNA ENTREVISTA CON LA MAMA DE LA MUJER QUE ASESINO EL INDU DE LIVINSTON. DEL CUAL EL GORDITO 'VILLALOBOS'FUE UNO DE LOS ACTORES INTELECTUALES PARA QUE ESTE ASESINO SE FUERA Y ESTOS LLAMADOS ABOGADOS SE PRESTARON PARA TRANZAR CON LA JUSTICIA.SI USTED LEE EL ARTICULO SE VE EL DOLOR DE ESTA DAMA.SERIA BUENO SEGUIR ESTA NOTICIA PARA QUE TODOS ESTOS BASTARDOS PAGUEN EN EL BOTE.Y POR ULTIMO COMO ES POSIBLE QUE EL MARRANITO DE VILLALOBOS SUIGA LITIGANDO.Y POR ULTIMO COMO ES POSIBLE QUE EL SYCO DE LUCIO LO HAYAN DEJADO IR.
Villalobos is a DICK! He is now taking advantage of the Cameron County law of corruption...."We don't accept corruption, we demand corruption." Villalobos is surely throwing this element of our culture in our faces....and taking advantage of the judicial corruption that exists here.
I agree with pinche O'Malley .They are a bunch of hypocritical kiss asses. They are no better than Villalobos they just haven't gotten caught yet.
hey sob learn to fucking write pendejo
haha your just mad bitch
Maclovioomalley, you were in line kissing amando's ass, member?!!! No te hagas Pendejo!
Malicious Maclovio...establishment ass-kisser; waiting for his ship to come in!
texas state bar will not do nothing cuz its the same little group what a shame and a scam.
First of all, his clients are either convicted felons like him or soon to be convicted felons like him? I am willing to bet that he will not get preferential treatment in either of those courts? Now, whether the CCDA makes a deal with him, who knows? He has no "scruples" at all. He still thinks that he is the "shit." As for Oscar De La Fuente, his "Big Bird" walk in the courthouse is the most disgusting to his profession. This SOB stole money and got away with it but because he got that Anglo lover Eddie Medrano to represent him, he walked. Lets not forget that Eddie Medrano is good friends with Wynne and worked with him back in the day.
OMalley, wasn't it YOU that often traveled to Stilettos in Pharr/McAllen with Armando?????
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