Cervantes had been the chief of police for Rio Bravo, near Laredo, but he left his post after he filed a lawsuit in 2017 alleging that then-City Administrator Miguel Berry ordered him “to shoot the children of illegal immigrants (he) and his officers might arrest so it would be easier to send the parents back to Mexico,” according to the Laredo Morning Times. [More]
Not a whole lot out there about what happened with this. In the absence of evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, the accused are presumed innocent.
[Via bondmen]