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His photo is not in the Brownsville Police Department inmate list, but we have received confirmation from multiple reliable sources that Carlos Rios, the losing candidate in the Texas Southmost College trustee race for Place 6 was arrested early this morning for Driving While Intoxicated.
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According to our sources, the incident took place at about 3:18 a.m. Thursday at the Whataburger Restaurant at the corner of U.S. 77 Frontage Road and FM 892 (Bob Torres). They say that Rios walked inside the restaurant and became verbally abusive with the manager who asked him to leave.
They say he thrice became abusive and then went outside and got into his Tahoe, which bore one of his campaign signs stuck to the rear window. Rios then drove to the carry-out lane and fell asleep at the window until police were called to remove him because he was obstructing passage of other cars.
Police arrived and arrested him and had the Tahoe towed away.
Rios came in a close third during the TSC race for the seat held by incumbent Dr. Rey Garcia. He received 1,871 votes, or 30.13 percent. In the photo above he is seen with his mentor District 37 State Rep. Rene Oliveria, who was himself arrested for DWI April 27.
Garcia will face J.J. De Leon Jr. in a runoff election June 23.
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His photo is not in the Brownsville Police Department inmate list, but we have received confirmation from multiple reliable sources that Carlos Rios, the losing candidate in the Texas Southmost College trustee race for Place 6 was arrested early this morning for Driving While Intoxicated.
According to our sources, the incident took place at about 3:18 a.m. Thursday at the Whataburger Restaurant at the corner of U.S. 77 Frontage Road and FM 892 (Bob Torres). They say that Rios walked inside the restaurant and became verbally abusive with the manager who asked him to leave.They say he thrice became abusive and then went outside and got into his Tahoe, which bore one of his campaign signs stuck to the rear window. Rios then drove to the carry-out lane and fell asleep at the window until police were called to remove him because he was obstructing passage of other cars.
Police arrived and arrested him and had the Tahoe towed away.
Rios came in a close third during the TSC race for the seat held by incumbent Dr. Rey Garcia. He received 1,871 votes, or 30.13 percent. In the photo above he is seen with his mentor District 37 State Rep. Rene Oliveria, who was himself arrested for DWI April 27.
Garcia will face J.J. De Leon Jr. in a runoff election June 23.
