Thursday, June 3, 2021

PROBLEMS MOUNT FOR SHERIFF GARZA OVER JAIL CONDITIONS

Special to El Rrun-Rrun

With his department – and himself – tangled up in lawsuits in state and federal courts, Cameron County Sheriff Eric Garza got a visit from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards which conducted an inspection at Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center on Tuesday after numerous jail personnel complained to the state about the mismanagement at the facility.

Sources inside the embattled facility said the inspection was a complete mess.  Among some of the alleged shortcomings: 
* First, there were only 13 jailers working that day to keep an eye on 800-plus inmates.

* The inspector found intercoms that communicate inmates with jailers not properly working

* Inmate logs were not completed, there was missing paperwork, and a serious lack of manpower

*And there were 4 jail pods without jailers, being supervised only by cameras!

* The Texas Commission on Jail Standards gave Sheriff Garza 24 hours to solve the issue with the intercoms and 30 days to hire at least 50 jailers.

And to make things even more interesting, federal sources report that the U.S Marshals Service is on the verge of pulling all 80 federal inmates from Sheriff Garza's custody next Monday, costing the county close to $2 million dollars. That's where the money for jail overtime was coming from. 

Another lawsuit is reportedly coming after an inmate lost her baby to a miscarriage due to a bad decision from a recently promoted jail lieutenant. The officer is said to have allowed a pregnant inmate to be handcuffed and transported in a van over a bumpy road.

With just a little over five months into his four-year term, will this administration last?

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well what do you expect from a political connected no law enforcement experience butthead.

Anonymous said...



Goober Ben Neece has lost his way. What an embarrassment. He should go find his old tough self in la Africa again.

He's lucky his opponent is not as well known as, say, Capt. Bob "Nipple Head" Sanchez, who would mop the floor with him.

Anonymous said...

"The change we need, The protection we deserve" hahahahah

Anonymous said...

But Gracia said Eric was a good administrator!!! Bola de pendejos

Anonymous said...

Shit happens when Animal Humans are kept in cages; the moral of the the story is to stay out of trouble and obey the rule of law...

Anonymous said...

We need the "chief" to give his speech about his badass background so we can get motivated again.

Anonymous said...

I quit yesterday, they put some stupid punk in charge of booking, he doesn't even know what a fuck he is doing.. fuck that place

Anonymous said...

I don't blame Mendieta for quitting, this clowns are making their best effort to give the best show ever.

Anonymous said...

This is the time where all supervisors at the CCSO need to step up and defend their deputies and jailers. Enough is enough. supervisors this is a comment for you. Find your balls and stand up for your subordinates as they love to say. Stop letting the Chief with absolutely no experience and the Captain who takes his advice from a rookie stop bossing you around and embarrassing you guys. Your employees see this and it’s embarrassing. Hold your ground and start defending them. That is why you are supervisors. Do your damn jobs. Stick together and find your voices and demand respect because you have earned it. Because currently every single one of you has lost the respect from your “subordinates.” Do your jobs and please stop telling us that you have “our backs” when we all know that’s complete bullshit.

Anonymous said...

Asi dejaron su mugrero los otros. Garza apenas va a componer todo el pedo. No mamen tamboco.

Anonymous said...


Transition does not happen overnight.

Get real.

Anonymous said...

Once again...The voters had a choice between an inexperienced, incompetent, politically connected Mexican Democrat and an experience, competent Gringo Republican and guess who they chose? If the voters ever pull their heads out of their asses and examine candidates on their merits, instead of their party and ethnicity, maybe Cameron County might have a chance of being something other than the arm pit of the United States. It is said, that past behavior is the best indicater of future behavior, so I am not hopeful.

Anonymous said...

Even the old fuzzy headed Sheriff Lucio told you to vote for the gringo.

Anonymous said...

Rancho Viejo Law and Order Correspondent:
I apologize, I haven't been around to comment on Rancho Viejo. My job takes me up to the oilfields outside of Pecos and I'm not always able to get on the computer. Looks like Sheriff's dept. is a total mess. Maybe Chief Robert "Waterboy" Tyler can hire him on in Rancho Viejo. These two clueless people can try to run that dept.
Why we would hire someone with no experience is beyond me. The same thing with the Sheriff. Why we would elect someone with no experience?

I wasn't able to make it to Chief Waterboy's "Coffee with the Chief" and he apparently won't put it on Facebook anymore because he really doesn't want anyone knowing where he gets his ideas on how to run the dept. But a little birdy told me that on a recent payday, he and one of his subordinates were heard commenting that "they can't believe they get paid for this". We can't believe it either "Waterboy" Just keep passing out waters to the residents and keep listening to what they say. Maybe, just maybe, you can actually call yourself a Police Chief one of these days.

Anonymous said...



Just fix the problems. Treat the prisoners with respect....even though most of them do not expect to be treated well. Hire more employees and pay them good salaries and give them good benefits.

Anonymous said...

Finally someone tells the supervisors to step up to the plate and do there jobs. Especially Lt Guerra and Sgt Crizsnto. You two are the worst supervisors from the department. Your whole shift doesn’t like you or believe that you can supervise them correctly. It must suck that you have all your deputies come in to work on there days off and you all can’t do it too. Grow a pair and stand up to your daddy Abe and Eddie Guerra too. Since he brags that he is untouchable even from his own supervisors. That his own supervisors are scared of him.

Former RGV LEO said...

So now we know that this inexperienced law enforcement official knows nothing about running a LE department and its sections. I guess he'll be blaming ex-Sheriff omar lucio and his two lackey reyna boys. This is what happens when you bring in an ex-fed, who was always under a watchful eye, ex-LEO' who are put in charge and WERE bad LEO's to beat. So, when will eric finally grow some balls and do the job that he was elected to do? When a jailer gets killed? Maybe, a deputy?
About all that eric has done right is get tied up in lawsuits where money is thrown away defending him and the county! Only in CC!

Anonymous said...

If the jail supervisors spent the same amount of time running the jail instead of being on Facebook you wouldn't have this problem. The jail leadership sucks, fire them all.

Anonymous said...

Another riot this morning... The prisoners know that they will not be charged... They have Ericas number now... They are in control because they know he is weak...

Anonymous said...

Abrahan Rodriguez you think you have power because of your rank? We are about to teach some manners retard!

Anonymous said...

LT Guerra is a joke that guy thinks he is entitled to everything but cant even control his shift he and his bitch sarge are doing so bad they are better off having Reyna as sup at least he new what he was doing.

Anonymous said...

Problems he inherited from the past administration.... have you forgotten.. the people have not ..

Anonymous said...

Hilarious!!! It’s a circus...Sheriff....grow some balls and get rid of that fat ass that is destroying the jail...including the pendejos he promoted...there is a reason they were sent to old county because them idiots are just that idiotas!

Anonymous said...

Blaming the last administration for problems the jail has today is stupid. The last administration could at least keep their employees. This one can't even keep their inner circle happy. They fight amongst themselves because they were all promised easy jobs. Running a law enforcement agency and jail is not for amateurs. Go back to being desk jockeys before you get someone hurt because of your incompetence. You are all in way over your heads.

Anonymous said...

Javier Reyna for Justice of the Peace 2022.

Anonymous said...

Now back to the circus where's the main clown? in las vegas or at the canal?
Anda pedo y perdido

Anonymous said...

If you think the administration is the reason for people leaving you're dumber than you look. This has been a brewing problem for years. Horrible pay, Horrible hours, dealing with inmates when you can make twice as much working for an immigration shelter.

Anonymous said...

@8:46 pm. If you worried less about a man and his fat ass and more about taking care of your own busses maybe things could be better. Stop crying and being a petty bitter bitch and do your fucking job or catch out like the rest of the fucking losers.

Anonymous said...

@5:18. The inmates are in control because Eric is weak? Do you hear yourself? If the inmates are in control it's because the staff is weak moron. Last time I checked the sheriff ain't walking the floors of the jail. You want the inmates to fall in line then step the fuck up and do it. But you can't because you're probably one of the many who are all talk and no action. They need lions working that jail not weak scared sheep looking to blame the boss because they're too scared to do the fucking job right. So suck it up princess or go work at a call center

Anonymous said...

Somebody from the county placed an order for 250 WHITE ear butts to Apple company along with ear wax cleaner abt 300 bottles. No bids of course

Anonymous said...

Damn 250 white ear butts? Didn't know Apple was selling ass now lol

Anonymous said...

June 3, 2021 at 12:17 PM

"an experience, competent Gringo Republican"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHa I thinnnnk this beats the I won the election joke! WHAT????!!!!!! an experience, competent Gringo Republican hahahahahahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous said...

They just ordered 300 pairs of converse shoes (hi top) WHITE with black shoe laces and 600 handcuff holders white and no bids of course...
To be delivered on the 4th, instructions are that everybody NEEDS to make 2 notice 2 arrests not just one if not than arrest yourself that will make 2. That's the purpose of two handcuffs.... great idea cheriffe.

Anonymous said...

Abrahan? pinche coco

rita