How low the mighty have fallen.
At the arraignment, when the Cameron County District Attorney's Office was demanding that Associate Judge Louis Sorola impose two $35,000 bonds on former Brownsville Fire Chief Carlos Elizondo for a charge of Theft by a Public Official and Misappropriation of Fiduciary Property, the judge instead levied $8,500 bonds on both charges.
But there was a caveat.
Sorola also demanded that Elizondo hand over his passport to the court. That way, if he ever tried to abscond on his bond, it would be difficult, if not impossible, for the former fire chief to return to the United States without alerting the U.S. Customs agents at the bridge of his identity.
Elizondo comes from a prominent Matamoros family and the fear when he was not found at home by law enforcement Tueasday morning was that he might have fled to Mexico. Instead, he went to the law office of oe Garza, his attorney, and as officers waited for him to emerge, left surreptitiously. AN all points bulleting was issued by the Brownsville Police Dept. until he showed up at the Cameron County District Attorney's Office accompanied by his lawyers and turned himself in.
Elizondo posted his bond and – after he was booked at Rucker-Carrizales – was released to await trial.
But there was another domino that had yet to fall on the luckless defendant.
The City of Brownsville confirmed that it was removing him from administrative leave with pay and suspended him without pay pending the results of the charges.
And these is just the beginning. Hovering out there is an audit/investigation into his personal role in the steering of transfers to Intercity Ambulance Services, a company with whom Elizondo had direct links. One city commission audit revealed that dispatchers – under someone's instructions – transferred patients to that company. In at least four occasions it was Elizondo who personally called to steer the transfers to the private ambulance service.
Now facing those legal challenges and his protectors and enablers – former city manager Charlie Cabler who resigned and city attorney Mark Sossi who was fired – Elizondo will have to look for the best deal he can get.
In order to stave off the release of a fire department audit conducted by the commission's Audit and Oversight Committee, Elizondo released snippets of the nealry five-hour recording where commissioner Cesar de Leon made prejudices statements against two black assistant district attorneys. This led to a huge controversy and a petition bearing 300 signatures calling for his resignation was published in the Brownsville Herald.
OP 10.33, the organization that wants to end poverty in the city by October 2033, responded with a petition bearing 3,000 signatures demanding local leaders focus on bettering the economic and educational conditions here instead of being distracted by the controversy.
There are reports, as yet unconfirmed, that Elizondo as a walking listening post and recorded just about every public figure with who he talked with. Will recordings of Mayor Tony Martinez, city commissioners, Cabler, Sossi, school district trustees, county officials, etc., surface as he deals with prosecutors?
Are you on a tape?
52 comments:
I hope he recorded everything.
Lawyer up people.
This guy needs to be removed from the school board immediately! We cannot have a fraud and a thief representing our students, he is a disgrace for the entire district!
DANG IT MAN.That sounds just like what the Police Chief of San Benito did. Don't worry Elizondo nothing will happen to you just like nothing happened to CHIEF GALVAN.
Prominent??????????????
I thought they were drug runners?
What or how do you classify prominent?
Maybe some history to enlighten us.
Innocent until proven guilty is still the law of the land.
For his sake, his family, the children of Brownsville, and
those constituents who believed in him, let see if he can
prove that it is all a political affair. I now hope that
he has enough integrity to not show up for the Nov school
board meeting out of respect for the children of Brownsville.
(Forget his board colleagues for it seems all have something
to fear about being on the tapes). Here we are working to make
BISD the best, as it is in the nation, and we have a leader who
has been accused of such. I hope not!!!!
As all this corruption is revealed, most of it going on for years and years, now we hear Mayor Tony Martinez calling for "due diligence as we move forward". So after two terms of Tony Martinez he is just now calling for "due diligence". Too late, all the cats are out of the bag and rounding them up will be difficult and many could get scratched. While we don't know all the details,it is apparent the city has been very poorly managed and much corruption has been covered up (fajitas, private EMS, fraud, favoritism and perhaps even collusion). Hey, Tony Martinez, all this mess is on your watch!
Prominent family, more like drug dealing family, don't you know that Carlos family was involved with the Hernandez family, that a right Hernandez from one of our local bars "The Palm Lounge " yes these both family's were involved in the Santalena Ranch murders.. how said... I it's so funny because this is what I over heard a lunch at cheddars, from 2 suited men.. the question is is it true or not???
If Tetreau is on tape I hope it’s just audio and not video. She is fugly!
I think they take the passports so that the criminal may not enter another country. Most countries require a passport from foreigners. We are not use to Matamoros enforcing the law but technically they can, will and have returned united states citizens for not having a passport. In order for a us citizen to fly into another country a passport is required! Please people don't be ignorant. It has nothing to do with us customs(who by the way are all idiots!).
Did you notice the cameron county Inmates page did not post his booking picture? Y sigue conectado el vato!
We demand Elizondo to resign from the school board immediately!convicted or not he's a bad influence for our students!
Being arrested for theft and fraud is not acceptable! Teachers get fired for getting arrested so the same applies to board members!
WHY IS BISD Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas has failed to demand that he strip himself of his role as a trustee.
BECAUSE HE HAS SHIT ON HER AND SHE HAS PART OF THE CORRUPTION AT CUMMINGS CTE SCHOOL WITH THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND THE EMT PROGRAMS. JUST DIG AND YOU WILL FIND SHIT ON THEM.
JUSTIN IS JUST THE MIDDLE MAN WITH THESE PROGRAMS.
WHAT A role model for students.
CARLOS NEEDS TO BE OUT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, HE IS NOT A GOOG ROLE MODEL FOR STUDENTS.
ZENDEJASB SHOULD STAY OUT OF THIS, SHE HAS NO SAY SO IF TO KEEP THIS ASSHOLE.
SHE IS JUST A CORRUPT SUPERINTENDENT AND AFRAID IF CARLOS IS GOING TO SING LIKE A CANARY.
Is Zendejas going to save Carlos Elizondo ?
Is Baltazar Salazar going to save Carlos Elizondo ?
Is old Joe Rodriguez going to save him ?
Maybe Cesar Lopez will save Carlos Elizondo!
All of above are so fucking corrupt in BISD.
FBI DO NOT DISAPPOINT US PLEASE.
Who is recorded? A few have posed this question privately. I'm glad you posed this question in this blog. I smile when I think who is squirming at the thought of this question.
Carlos, you wanted the limelight. Now you have it. Face it like a man that your not.
Old Joe made to much $$$$ thanks to Carlos Elizondo this past year.
Thanks Carlos Elizondo for voting in our side.
SE PARECE A memin pinguin
Why is Zendejas protecting this guy in the media ?
Is she afraid of this guy singing like a canary to the feds.
The board president is the one that needs to say something about this felon.
En boca cerrada, no entran moscas.
OP1033 sucks.
Miguel is still upset he lost to Cowen and thats why he paid fo the ad.
His 3K signature are not legitimate. That is decitful, Miguel.
Let's see how far you get with Marin in the driver's seat.
Mercedes-Benz in San Juan lost their spokesman from Carlos and Cindy Elizondo Huerta family. Where's your Mercedes Carlos, conceited piece of shit. Delete the commercial now and forever deny this corrupt family. Buahaa. Karma is a bitch.
What I heard chief galvan had 500 recordings. He recorded all his conversations with the mayor,city manager,city commission,judges I mean everyone.Must be some sickness going around.
Santalena Ranch murders?
Zendejas knows dam well that money spent on that BISD FIREFIGHTER EMS program is for Elizondos self enrichment where your fking morals and ethics lady in letting Joe Rod and Carlos minipulate you .
Are you talking about Mark Killroy the spring breakers form the 80's
That's pretty low, lol
All this hate over supposed a $8,000
What about the guy that stile 1.2 million? This is all a soap opera and politically driven back lash. The pinche union is to blame for their lack of book keeping, monitoring, oversight. This poor feller, it's cosyingbthe city more than $8000 to prosecute him. Just have him repay the amount y se acabo.yheybday he is good for it apparently his family is prosperous or influential or whatever you called it in the other article. Stop the hate!
BISD IS GOING DOWN !!
Leave Zendejas out of this mess. She is too smart to be involved in any thing that is going to mess up all the hard work that she does for the district. She can not address the matter until he is proven guilty and it is Cesar Lopez' call on asking Carlos to step down until the time being. Zendejas has not control of the board, for she did, she should and would have gotten rid of most of them. I bet BISD would function better with a board. And all that is being spread around town because of blogs like this may cause this case to fall through the cracks like Yzaquirre's because too many of us are being told so many different stories about the event and would never be able to serve as a juror when the time comes. Maybe they can call Juan as a witness since he seems to know the real story!!!!
Wow they really think they are going to get away with it Cindy was overheard saying they are going to sue the city make millions??????
I heard c. eliz0ndo used to be a male stripper ....?
The "prominent" people of Brownsville and Matamoros are cut from the same cloth. They become prominent by crime,corruption and fraud. The political class are the "B" list who do the bidding of the "A" list crooks.
I'm my opinion, let Cabler sue the city, but counter by calling witnesses under oath who will commit perjury or implicate Cabler in a slew of wrongdoings that will probably get him a go to jail pass including as to how he got the appointment. Also, get forensic audits performed to link the dots to wrong doing. Then put the squeeze on Pete Gonzalez how he went along with Carlos Garcia and others to frame me, which will expose Cabler. There are many subpoenas to issue and not all will perjur tthemselves.
Carlos Elizondo and his wife are in denial, and unfortunately they both were living the expensive life due to the abuse of power. Carlos found it easy to manipulate and abuse the system because he felt he was "ABOVE THE LAW" !!! Cindy suck it up and Carlos man up to take the responsibility of owning the wrong doing, bring down Cesar Lopez, Esperanza Zendejas, Joe Rodriguez, Baltazar Salazar and Jaime Escobedo. You know exactly there is CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF POWER so step up to the plate and take the blows you aren't innocent at all... Citizens enough don't buy the garbage of Carlos Elizondo being innocent, he has been wheeling and dealing with vendors and including Board Members who voted for the EMT & Fire Program, Board Members and Administration makes it sound as if it's for the benefit of BISD students!! It's about back door deals and making money for self interest and it's called theft and abuse of power because they (Board Members) align themselves to make sure they will have the Votes for the Vendor/Agenda Item and reach their goal of giving contracts/bids/Buy Board Purchase to make profit.... It's clearly CORRUPTION!!!!
We shall send strong messages in the Court System no more Abuse of Power from Elected Officials and NO MORE CORRUPTION... Ya Basta Que Nos Quieran Ver La Cara De Pendejos!!!!
We The People & For The People!!!
Yea for Zendejas
Sue the city for what the city didnt due shit, your husband was indicted by the people of cameron county.He did this all to himself with Cabler watching
. He got caught in the cookie jar the problem is he wanted all the cookies and the jar everything.
This would be the cream of the crap!!!
Can't believe some of you, how pathetic and ignorant you are! Go back and read why this guy was indicted, theft and frauding the firefighters and the city ambulance services with thousands!
Zendejas is an idiot saying this has nothing to do with the district! The mere fact he was arrested for theft is enough, what message are you sending to the students and employees? If you get arrest for theft or rape your okay cuz it has nothing to do with the district? It's moral turpitude, dumbass, teachers have been fired for getting arrested and students expelled for nothing relating to the district.
Zendejas and the board are corrupt and she's in the middle of it all!
Baltazar Salazar is also part of this corruption.
TIENES RAZON SISE PARECE A 'MEMIN PINGUIN'PERO LO RATA NO SE LO QUITA
Carlos don't be a fool, here's your chance to bring all the crooks down with You! Especially, Cesar Lopez, Joe Rodriguez,and Baltzar Salazar you know all the shit on these guys. So don't let them enjoy their shenegans while you sit behind bars!
Carlos you will put in less time if you bring all the crooks down.
Cindy will not be lonely if you are not lock down for to many years Carlos.
No te aguites Elizondo
Che gente envidiosa
Not that easy you dumb shit.
Where's the all mighty tough Cesar Lopez to talk to reporters? You chicken shit!
Zendejas is a dumb as and came out looking like one! What she said was so stupid probably advised by Baltazar Salazar and she has no say so on Board Members! Board members have to take a vote on what decisions to take on Elizondo. But they won't do shit cuz he'll bring them all down!
Ya Cata, you are history.....
Lol
Carlos and Cindy have no care in the world. They were out and about last night spending all that stolen money... Hanging out with friends enjoying dinner. Check Facebook under Teresa Rodriguez.... They were living it up in Mcallen.
A typical puppet of carlos elizondo. "Just let him repay the money y se acabo....". Very sad uneducated way to think. Simply the corruption driven motive of taking $8,000 from a Fire Department Union to fund his way into the BISD SCHOOL district board by channeling money to the right people is a crime. Only an idiot would say "let him pay y se acabo". How would you feel if a burglar broke into your home destroyed property & cause $500 in damage, would you want him arrested or simply "pay you back y se acabo", knowing he will still be out there free to rob you again. Yes, ok maybe let him pay it back but fire him, case closed.
Donde estabas Pat?
Te vi en el Puente
Estabas bien enchilada eh.
Cesar lopez can't talk in front of anyone unless he is drunk
His 3rd grade reading and public speaking suck!
If only Cindy's so called best friend Terry knew that Cindy talked about her behind her back, how Terry is full of herself thinking guys are obsessed with her. Cindy you should appreciate Terry she is probably your one only true friend instead of trashing her but you are so full of yourself that you are jealous of any attention she gets. It's not all about you Cindy.
Terry you say? Presentamela. Is her picture on BISD web page?
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