Special to The Tribune
SULLIVAN CITY, Texas - Imagine a miniature version of Brownsville, except with loads more dust and less goofy-looking people and you have this town, out in the western outs of the Rio Grande Valley, on the road to Rio Grande City. It isn't known for any damned thing. Well, some say this is where the word "Orale!" was invented and where no holiday season passes without some resident calling a neighbor to say she's seen the face of Jesus Christ on a tortilla.
Now comes police Chief Hernan Guerra to blow it. Or so it would seem after his arrest on Wednesday by FBI agents arriving here as part of a national drug-pusher/dealer sweep. Guerra, say the feds, is alleged to have been wheeling & dealing with Mexico’s drug cartels. Agents aren't talking, but here they came in the pre-dawn hours to bust Guerra and occupy the police department. Files were confiscated. Records were impounded. Sullivan City quickly found itself at the end of a frayed rope, as they say in westerns.
Operation Deliverance is what the feds are calling their sweep, with busts also coming in Atlanta, Houston, New York and other cities, presumably all on the Marijuana and Cocaine highways.
For the little town used to being ignored and used to existing as if in a time warp, news of the chief's arrest moved across town like one of those rolling earthquakes you see in Japanese B-movies. Eyebrows went to the clouds. Some shook their heads and wondered what else God had in store for the poor village where nothing fun ever happens. "It's always drugs," said Johanna Jentete, a yard worker. "We can't get a break, man. Once, just once, I'd like to see some good news come to Sullivan City."
City Manager Rolando Gonzalez agreed. He told the press this: “It gives us a bad name. But he (Chief Guerra) is just one individual. He is not the entire organization.”
As Thursday arrived this morning, it was an ill wind that blew into town in more than just meteorological terms...
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22 comments:
Speedy, please, don't be so hard on this community, drugs are everywhere, specially on the Western front of South Texas, Penitas, La Joya, Rio Grande City, Alton, Palm View. These crazy towns are full of drug deals, they can't keep up, well the police can't.
A normal valley day in south texas.
(Operation Deliverance is what the feds are calling)
Poor old chief Guerra is howling SOOWEEE!!! Kind of like that scene where poor old Ned Beatty had to sing it to some craKKKer's content, out by the river.
Jared.
ANON:...Reporter Speedy Ayala is new to Rio Grande Valley, having moved here recently from El Paso, where he wrote extensively about border strife and became used to the worst Life has to offer. We have told him about the many bars along McAllen's 17th Street, so perhaps he'll chill out as the days and weeks pass... - Editor
Well, MR. Speedy will get use to the drug stuff, here in South Texas, as for the bars in McAllen, they sure a cool and the drinks aren't all that bad. Welcome to South Texas.
ANON:...Speedy called-in this morning to say he'd met a gal at the local Starbucks. He looks like the actor Danny DeVito, but he tells us the chicks dig him... - Editor
No punn intended to Speedy, but the woman must be desperate. We do have many good looking women here in South Texas, but we do have some pretty hefty ones to.
On the news last night some overweight young lady, said the actor at the movie being film in Brownsville, "was old but", "hot." (Gibson Actor)
I saw mostly overweight ladies on tv. ofcourse the way tv runs here in the valley, why am I not surprise.
ANON:...Speedy strikes us being the kind of man who sees some beauty in every woman, even an ugly. Come to think of it, so do most Rio Grande Valley men. It seems Border machos use women only as sex objects and punching bags, no? Am I right?... - Editor
Holy Frijoles Batos !!!, This Speedy Gonzalez stuff - dude is just another Way of Doing Business here, in The RIO GRANDE VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION... Ahi Los Wacho Batos !!!
Yes, I must admit we have all kinds of men, that see women as pieces of meat, and then they kind of get nasty with them and beat them up.
After the women, buy them drinks and carry them around because some of this bums don't work or have cars or money to spend on the chicks.
(And I m not saying that Speedy is this kind of man.)
But come on, after a few drinks all the women look like number 10 until the morning, thats when you want to jump from the nearest window and ask yourself, why did I do that????
And by the way, I am sure some women think the same about the big fat guys wearing two size smaller pants and super tight shirts, they look like watermelon bellies with sticks attached to them. (Sorry Speedy, but I have to speak the truth)
I have noticed Commissioner Marra uses terms like: Corral everyone, now what type of vocabulary is that?? Someone told me she use to teach in one of the harlingen middle schools. With that vocabulary it is not surprising she now sells real-estate. Harlingen residents are probably embarrassed of this woman.
ANON:...We're told Harlingen City Commissioner Kori Marra's from San Angelo in West Texas where such vocabulary is used freely. Other popular words out there are "reckon," as in "Ya'll reckon its a-gonna rain?" Another is "brung," as in "Rita, you wassa 'posed to brung muh jeans!" It takes getting used to, yes... - Editor
Well, two more years of annie oakley, and she will be gone. As the song goes, thank god your gone.
ANON:...Most politicians don't like to be bugged or get thrown up against the wall by their constituents. Around here, they see public service as some sort of Blue Blood injection. They like to go around repeating the title of a forgotten country & western song when confronted by voters as to why they don't answer their freakin' phones. The song title says it all: "If the phone don't ring, it's me."...- Editor
Poor city commish, I think she means well, she just comes out the wrong way.
She makes some crazy comments about buying a gun, then she attempts to redicule another commissioner, than she denies it, and writes a rebuttal on a softer blog, than Jerry Deals says she is being picked on.
If I was her, I would resign and dedicate myself to my business and the heck with city politics.
Ay, Ay, Ay...ArriBa, arriBa , ANdale, ANdale... Muchos, muchos Burritos con Frijoles , Hay, hay hay !!!
Lento Lopez, you overweight bum, why are you always thinking about food??? With all the political drama going all over the valley y un panson anda pesando en comer. Ponte a trabajar flojo.
Alcatraz, myharlingennews.com has a blogger that goes by the name of El Rey, I think he calls himself that name after a song. Sigo Siendo El Rey/Vicente Fernandez, so as of now I will be the capt. King of the Tribune. He sounds like a good guy. I am not, I will be blogging regularly and no I don't use profanities either, OOps I meant Eliot Elcomedor, he is the editor??? Okay, both of you are on notice.
Capt. King:...We have not seen El Rey in these parts. But we'll keep looking over our shoulders. Vicente Fernandez? Did he play Third base for the L.A. Dodgers back in the Koufax/Drysdale years... - Editor
No (Vicente Fernandez) is a mexican Charro singer, however, I did read a response to Eliot by the so call: El REy, he said they called him that nick-name during his high school days when he ran track.
I think Eliot called him out when he asked him: King of what???
He sounds like a nice guy, and he lives in that awful town of Harlingen. We will give him a break, but there is only one REy and that my friends is me.
Capt. King:...Okay by us. You & Elvis, yes...- Editor
No Mames Capt. King... I Amm el Mero del " Patricio Macario - El Pata Meada ".. Pero sigo El REY !!!
El Capitan:...You could easily use words other than "mames" and "...meada." Using such childish slang brands you an uneducated, uncivilized moron. Try searching deep within your vocabulary to elevate your thoughts and your writing. I tire of the slamming already, and I think you know what that means... - Editor
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