COPS BEHAVING BADLY: FIST O'CUFFS, FBI RAID ON BPD OFFICER'S CRIB LINKED TO CARTEL

By Juan Montoya
Things are not going well at the Brownsville Police Department under new chief Orlando Rordiguez.
The latest scandal involves the report to police 911 dispatchers that two officers were involved in a fist fight in the middle of the street, allegedly over a woman.
The other incident – perhaps more troubling – is that a Brownsville police officer's home was raided last week by the FBI because of his nexus to the Gulf Cartel.
The officers involved in the love triangle spat – we have learned – are none other than an officer named Julio Hernandez and BPD's own "Policeman to the Stars" Everardo Longoria. There was a police report filed in the incident that news organizations have been promised will be released at BPD's convenience.

According to several sources, a citizen called up the 911 dispatcher to report that Hernandez and Longoria were duking it out in the middle of the street. 

"It's a miracle that they didn't pull out their guns," quipped a BPD insider. "Then the stuff would really hit the fan."

Now, we don't know if Chief Rodriguez will utilize his time-tried method of discipline of sending the boys off for a few days rest with pay or whether someone is so close to retirement that the issue will be "moot."

Remember that Longoria is the brother of city commissioner Ricardo Longoria and that Ricky has gone to bat for him in the past over some domestic troubles that Evie got into.

The ever-popular Everardo has gained some notoriety for being at the wrong place at the right time when he was the arresting officer of former mayor Pat Ahumada, the officer who arrested State Rep. Rene Oliveira's girlfriend Lupita Molina for DWI after she (or was it her?) crashed into then rear of a van driven by an unsuspecting couple. He also conveniently overlooked the fact that another city commissioner – Melissa Zamora – twice ignored the warnings she was interfering with an arrest and let her go her merry way. 

He was also one of the officers who gunned down and killed 15-year-old Jaime Gonzales at the Cummings Middle School standoff that gained national coverage.

Now we wonder whether his political connections and his high-profile image will protect him from the wrath of Rodriguez and the mantle of City Manager Charlie Cabler.

The other, and perhaps more serious incident, involves the reported raid by FBI agents of the home of a police officer last week in an investigation into possible involvement of city employees with the Gulf Cartel.

The probe is said to permeate several city departments, with the police department members' involvement being the most serious.

We don't know the full extent or the seriousness of the investigation, but we do know the officer's name and his badge number. We are not releasing it until the feds are more forthcoming on the matter. News organizations now are petitioning the local office of the FBI and U.S. Attorney for details into the reported raid and the extent of the allegations in relation to the Gulf Cartel.

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