By Juan Montoya
We wouldn't have believed it, but after three or four phone calls and numerous texts, we are beginning to lend credence to the reports.
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The calls and texts dealt with District 404th Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez personally serving the defendants in her federal lawsuit with process papers this morning at the Glass Palace of the Brownsville Independent School District otherwise known as the main office on Price Road.
As we are told, she appeared in person bright and early today at the main office and started serving the papers to people she had named in her complaint in federal court alleging they had conspired to violate the civil rights of her two children identified in her lawsuit as L.M.L and L.G.L.
Sources tell us that she singled out BISD Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas in her office and that as the super tried to make a dignified getaway she tumbled and fell in the hallway trying to flee the advancing process server.
Area Administrator Terry Alarcon didn't fare much better, and witnesses say she was holed up in the Super's office trying to avoid getting served.
Aside from those two, others named in the federal complaint include Asst. Superintendent Carlos Guerra and BISD lawyer Miguel Salinas.
Other reports indicate that she appeared last night at the door of defendants named in her lawsuit to seek them out in their homes to serve them with the papers. Imagine opening the door lat at night and seeing Elia with the legal forms and serving you. Not a merry elf, that's for sure. So much for the good cheer.
Federal Judge Hanen has set January 3 as the date to hold a hearing to consider Cornejo-Lopez's motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Injunction and Preliminary Injunction against the district and the defendants. he is also going to rule on whether to allow Cornejo-Lopez to act as an attorney in the case after he ruled Dec. 18 that she could not appear in federal court because she is not licensed to practice in the Southern District.
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The lawsuit is but one of the many irons that Cornejo-Lopez has in the fire.
We have been told that she had induced Harlingen attorney Carol Lynn Sanchez to run against Laura Betancourt for County Court-at-Law #2 to keep her from helping Lali Betancourt in her race against Cameron County Clerk Sylvia Garza-Perez. Apparently, Cornejo-Lopez and Garza-Perez are pals and Sanchez was recruited by Cornejo-Lopez to make life difficult for Laura Betancourt. Sources say she wasn't the first attorney she approached to run, but was the one who took the bait.
But there is a history behind Sanchez. Apparently, her brother Moises Sanchez is in Elia's court on felony charges of a sexual nature involving s child. Court sources say that when he was awaiting trial, he was arrested again and charged with a second count.
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Prosecutors are closely watching the case as it progresses through the courts. If the relationship between Cornejo-Lopez and Sanchez bears out, there could be major conflicts of interest issues playing in the case and might have to be removed to another court.
Sanchez is going to find out that once you step into the public limelight, there are no holds barred. Already, the arrest record of her common-law husband David Lee Hernandez has found its way to the social media. Hernandez was booked on a variety of charges ranging from assault, theft, and writing graffiti.
As the primary races continue, Sanchez may find that what she thought was her personal privacy is now being thrown to the four winds by her opponents.
In the back of one of her push cards, she recalls the time she was in elementary school in San Bene and saw "Joe hit Cesar" and says that Cesar defended himself and got it trouble. She remembers standing up and taking the victim's side for what she thought was not just and that's why she chose law as a career.
Getting between two warring individuals may have been just fine in elementary, but she'll find out that taking sides in a political race is quite something different thing altogether. Welcome to Cameron County politics.
We wouldn't have believed it, but after three or four phone calls and numerous texts, we are beginning to lend credence to the reports.
The calls and texts dealt with District 404th Judge Elia Cornejo Lopez personally serving the defendants in her federal lawsuit with process papers this morning at the Glass Palace of the Brownsville Independent School District otherwise known as the main office on Price Road.
As we are told, she appeared in person bright and early today at the main office and started serving the papers to people she had named in her complaint in federal court alleging they had conspired to violate the civil rights of her two children identified in her lawsuit as L.M.L and L.G.L.
Sources tell us that she singled out BISD Superintendent Esperanza Zendejas in her office and that as the super tried to make a dignified getaway she tumbled and fell in the hallway trying to flee the advancing process server.
Area Administrator Terry Alarcon didn't fare much better, and witnesses say she was holed up in the Super's office trying to avoid getting served.
Aside from those two, others named in the federal complaint include Asst. Superintendent Carlos Guerra and BISD lawyer Miguel Salinas.
Other reports indicate that she appeared last night at the door of defendants named in her lawsuit to seek them out in their homes to serve them with the papers. Imagine opening the door lat at night and seeing Elia with the legal forms and serving you. Not a merry elf, that's for sure. So much for the good cheer.
Federal Judge Hanen has set January 3 as the date to hold a hearing to consider Cornejo-Lopez's motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Injunction and Preliminary Injunction against the district and the defendants. he is also going to rule on whether to allow Cornejo-Lopez to act as an attorney in the case after he ruled Dec. 18 that she could not appear in federal court because she is not licensed to practice in the Southern District.
The lawsuit is but one of the many irons that Cornejo-Lopez has in the fire.
We have been told that she had induced Harlingen attorney Carol Lynn Sanchez to run against Laura Betancourt for County Court-at-Law #2 to keep her from helping Lali Betancourt in her race against Cameron County Clerk Sylvia Garza-Perez. Apparently, Cornejo-Lopez and Garza-Perez are pals and Sanchez was recruited by Cornejo-Lopez to make life difficult for Laura Betancourt. Sources say she wasn't the first attorney she approached to run, but was the one who took the bait.
But there is a history behind Sanchez. Apparently, her brother Moises Sanchez is in Elia's court on felony charges of a sexual nature involving s child. Court sources say that when he was awaiting trial, he was arrested again and charged with a second count.
Prosecutors are closely watching the case as it progresses through the courts. If the relationship between Cornejo-Lopez and Sanchez bears out, there could be major conflicts of interest issues playing in the case and might have to be removed to another court.
Sanchez is going to find out that once you step into the public limelight, there are no holds barred. Already, the arrest record of her common-law husband David Lee Hernandez has found its way to the social media. Hernandez was booked on a variety of charges ranging from assault, theft, and writing graffiti.
As the primary races continue, Sanchez may find that what she thought was her personal privacy is now being thrown to the four winds by her opponents.
In the back of one of her push cards, she recalls the time she was in elementary school in San Bene and saw "Joe hit Cesar" and says that Cesar defended himself and got it trouble. She remembers standing up and taking the victim's side for what she thought was not just and that's why she chose law as a career.
Getting between two warring individuals may have been just fine in elementary, but she'll find out that taking sides in a political race is quite something different thing altogether. Welcome to Cameron County politics.