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August 16, 2010

Mayor Ahumada arrested for DWI

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Brownsville Mayor Ahumada arrested for DWI
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May 11, 2010 9:47 AM
By EMMA PEREZ-TREVINO, The Brownsville Herald
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Brownsville Mayor Pat M. Ahumada was arrested on one count of driving while intoxicated by Brownsville police early this morning.

Ahumada confirmed his DWI arrest in an interview with The Brownsville Herald.

He was arraigned before Municipal Judge Ben Neece and released on a $3,500 personal recognizance bond.

“I’m disappointed about the incident,” Ahumada said, but added, “I’m not admitting to anything.”

Ahumada said he was driving in the early morning hours when he was stopped by police officers.

“I was coming from a friend’s house,” the mayor said.

He said he was taken to the police department, processed and taken to a city cell. “They followed the procedures. I didn”t ask for any considerations,” the mayor added. “Everybody has a job to do and I respect that,” the mayor said.

This is Ahumada’s third DWI arrest in a period of two decades.

He was first charged in July 1987 on a driving while intoxicated charge. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Feb. 26, 1988, and signed a written waiver of jury.

He was ordered to serve six months probation, attend 10 hours of alcohol awareness classes, abstain from consumption of alcoholic beverages and maintain automobile liability insurance. Ahumada paid $85 in court costs and a $100 fine.

“I had just lost my wife and daughter. I fell into depression,” Ahumada said in a 2007 interview. “I began to drink.”

According to funeral records, Ahumada’s wife, Adriana Gloria Ahumada, was killed in a car accident on Dec. 10, 1987. His daughter drowned in April 1986 while swimming in the family’s pool.

“It’s part of life, unfortunately,” he said. “Sometimes those things happen.”

He was arrested on another DWI charge in 2003, 10 years after he resigned from the mayor’s office to unsuccessfully seek the county judge’s seat. The charge was later dismissed.

For more on this developing story, stay with the Brownsville Herald.

Brownsville Woman Killed by Drunk Driver

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Police: woman dies after being hit by drunk driver
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August 16, 2010 12:37 PM
The Brownsville Herald
A 34-year-old woman is dead and her 4-year-old son remains hospitalized after the mother and child were struck by an alleged drunk driver, police reported.

Edgar Reyes, 33, of Brownsville, remains in custody following his arraignment on one count of intoxication manslaughter. His bond was set at $300,000.

The accident happened at 11:40 a.m. Saturday at the 700 block of South Indiana. Police said Brenda Gomez and her son were standing by a mailbox when they were struck by a 1998 Chevrolet Silverado truck driven by Reyes.

Reyes reportedly first collided with a 2005 Volkswagen Jetta and then hit the mother and child. Gomez was pronounced dead at the scene.

Although Reyes fled the scene of the accident, authorities were able to track him down, police reported.

Reyes was “said to have been drunk at the time of the accident,” police reported. Speed is also believed to have played a factor.

May 11, 2010

Brownsville Mayor Arrested for DWI

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Michael Barajas
Valley Morning Star

SAN BENITO — A baby who was found unresponsive in a San Benito home last week died over the weekend after spending several days on life support, police said.

The infant’s teenage aunt, who was arrested last week on charges of injury to a child, could face further charges in light of the child’s death, police said.

Police arrested Ada Marlene Rodriguez, 17, after her 4-month-old niece was rushed to Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen last week when the infant’s mother found the child lying facedown in a baby carrier inside the home, unresponsive and not breathing. The child’s mother had told officers that she left her baby, Kimberly Nicolas, with Rodriguez earlier that morning.

San Benito police Lt. Martin Morales called the incident “suspicious” and questioned why the infant would have been turned face-down in the baby carrier.

After several days in intensive care, Kimberly died Sunday afternoon, Morales said. In light of the baby’s death, detectives are continuing to investigate and are working to determine whether charges against Rodriguez should be upgraded.

The preliminary investigation indicates the aunt was responsible for the infant’s death, Morales said.

“There are some facts that are coming out that are swaying things toward the 17-year-old being responsible,” he said Tuesday.

“They had an autopsy yesterday, so we’re still following up on it and we’re going to have to wait until we gather more facts,” Morales said. “Right now we’re just tightening up the case.”

Given the outcome of the investigation so far, detectives will likely send their findings to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office with a request that additional charges be filed, Morales said.

“It would be a DA case, so we would have to submit our case with our findings to the DA’s office and request to have them look at it and see if there should be upgraded charges,” he said.

Cameron County Jail records show Rodriguez is being held there, with her bail set at $100,000, and that she has been identified as an undocumented immigrant.

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Michael Barajas is a reporter for the Valley Morning Star in Harlingen.

Teen Murder Suspect May Face More Charges

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Michael Barajas
Valley Morning Star

SAN BENITO — A baby who was found unresponsive in a San Benito home last week died over the weekend after spending several days on life support, police said.

The infant’s teenage aunt, who was arrested last week on charges of injury to a child, could face further charges in light of the child’s death, police said.

Police arrested Ada Marlene Rodriguez, 17, after her 4-month-old niece was rushed to Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen last week when the infant’s mother found the child lying facedown in a baby carrier inside the home, unresponsive and not breathing. The child’s mother had told officers that she left her baby, Kimberly Nicolas, with Rodriguez earlier that morning.

San Benito police Lt. Martin Morales called the incident “suspicious” and questioned why the infant would have been turned face-down in the baby carrier.

After several days in intensive care, Kimberly died Sunday afternoon, Morales said. In light of the baby’s death, detectives are continuing to investigate and are working to determine whether charges against Rodriguez should be upgraded.

The preliminary investigation indicates the aunt was responsible for the infant’s death, Morales said.

“There are some facts that are coming out that are swaying things toward the 17-year-old being responsible,” he said Tuesday.

“They had an autopsy yesterday, so we’re still following up on it and we’re going to have to wait until we gather more facts,” Morales said. “Right now we’re just tightening up the case.”

Given the outcome of the investigation so far, detectives will likely send their findings to the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office with a request that additional charges be filed, Morales said.

“It would be a DA case, so we would have to submit our case with our findings to the DA’s office and request to have them look at it and see if there should be upgraded charges,” he said.

Cameron County Jail records show Rodriguez is being held there, with her bail set at $100,000, and that she has been identified as an undocumented immigrant.

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Michael Barajas is a reporter for the Valley Morning Star in Harlingen.

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