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A FEW AD LITEMS HERE AND AD LITEMS THERE ADD UP TO REAL DOLLARS
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<div><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">(As the revelations in the Ray Marchan trial show that some attorneys paid former Judge Abel Limas for lucrative ad litem appointments in big-money cases, a discerning reader has pointed out that in an April 23, 2000 article in the local daily, Emma Perez-Treviño had looked at some of the beneficiaries of the appointments that left a pretty penny in the pockets of select attorneys, many of them well-known Democratic Party office holders and party leaders. Judges often appoint attorneys to represent the interests of minors in court cases. Former County Judge Gilbert Hinojosa has just been elected to be the state chairman of the Democratic Party after his stint as chairman for Cameron County. Rene Oliveria has just been reelected to the Texas Legislature. Eddie Treviño is the former mayor of Brownsville. Juan Magallanes is the former chairman of the Cameron County Democratic Party.)</i></div><div><span ><i><br /></i></span><div><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">Brownsville Herald</i><div><span ><span style="font-size: 100%; ">April 23, 2000</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: normal; "><span style="font-size: 100%;">Cameron County Judge Gilberto Hinojosa together with his partner Juan Magallanes have received the most in ad-litem fees, records show. Combined, they have pulled in $126,000 in six appointments alone.</span></span><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcgHmX-AoCf6hHmpBCQPKjb44Pdcu25LFUP8oSzVPHVRUYGjErchyKRk4Wf82b2GGC5mlijRF8G1DdwvL-d5pp7QJ2d6MrOHOmyTVwJYSwAZSke7yMQWmsHECCXWfr3jdRqFqV4nQ2tg/s400/handincookiejar1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753192669305233538" /><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span><span>An additional $55,000 was pulled in by Magallanes but with State Rep. Rene Oliveira, district clerk public records reflect. </span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span><span>Judge Ben Euresti approved most of the fees awarded to this group. Oliveira</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><span><span> received an additional $40,000 from two appointments made by Euresti and former Judge Darrell Hester. Ernesto Gamez has received the next-highest amount of ad-litem money. Gamez frequently contributes to political campaigns, and along with Magallanes and others guaranteed a loan for Limas in his bid for the 404th.<br />Gamez has received $64,250 in nine appointments but the amount is greater, records also reflect.<br />Oliveira, by the way, was also quoted in the newspaper expressing dismay over the Limas case. Was he expressing dismay over the fact that Limas is looking at nearly a quarter century of prison time? Or is he expressing dismay that the gravy train has stopped?<br />Now, Gilbert, how many of those named on this post are Republican?</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-6505426894389877783?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/06/few-ad-litems-here-and-ad-litems-there.html

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TESTIMONY IN MARCHAN TRIAL SHOWS FEDS HIDING FULL SCOPE OF PROBE, DEPENDENCE ON LIMAS' CREDIBILITY
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By <strong>Juan Montoya</strong><br />Whether it's a half-d0zen dossiers on the "crookedness" or "corrupt" judges in Cameron County or the transcripts from the four times convicted racketeer former 404th District Judge Abel Limas wore the wire for the feds, it has become apparent that much more remains on the government's plate in their corruption probe into the local judiciary.<br />But how credible is their main witness, Limas himself, turning out to be?<br />It is up to Limas, apparently, to discern the fine line between a bribe and a loan, one repayable, the other not; between those attorneys who "gave" him money for friendship and those who he though did it to attain favorable rulings in his court.<br />And the government has now shown itself to be compliant toward the admitted g<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QyskcFBXWgRWmlZY7tBptbHdEaKAtnKMIDw3DSOJvwjpsZOrpOQNItFdfjJNKGQpUvrnWCFPTQ3CeDSN_Iv48VlI0NQIs1zXs4nmHubez8MzTPP1mIE27ZNzbs8OVxrdzio1Y3zqF6g/s1600/crook.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753179313504685922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6QyskcFBXWgRWmlZY7tBptbHdEaKAtnKMIDw3DSOJvwjpsZOrpOQNItFdfjJNKGQpUvrnWCFPTQ3CeDSN_Iv48VlI0NQIs1zXs4nmHubez8MzTPP1mIE27ZNzbs8OVxrdzio1Y3zqF6g/s400/crook.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 400px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 259px;" /></a>ambling addict who on more than a dozen occasions accepted gambling outings in Las Vegas from attorneys with cases before his bench.<br />Then there's the maudlin "Code of Silence" supposedly in effect in Limas' little mind where nothing is a crime unless you speak it. The word, in other words, becomes flesh. If you invoke the demon, it apparently will appear.<br />There are attorneys like Ocars De la Fuente who was a friend in deed, when Limas wanted cash. How did De la Fuente escape an indictment after Limas admitted on the bench that he had taken a $4,000 kickback from the San Benito lawyer in exchange for a lucrative ad litem appointment in a "good" case?<br />And how about former City of Brownsville Mayor Edde Treviño, another Limas "friend" who handed him $2,000 in cash for his campaign and Limas never reported it as a contribution?<br />And how about the $1,300 Limas got from Charles Willette at the time when the attorney (now retired) had an important case involving millions of dollars in his court?<br />The list goes on and on. Why weren't these people indicted just as Marchan and Joe Valle were? Was it at Limas' weasel-wording discretion?<br />Now we are being asked to believe Limas when he makes the fine distinction between a bribe, a kickback and a loan? You've got to give him credit. Whatever it was, he's not paying it back.<br />The federal government is seeking to keep Limas' stuff on the judges under wraps just as it is trying to keep the contents of the wiretaps Limas performed for them also from the public eye. The local federal judge apparently is content to allow the government to insinuate it has the dirt on the lawyers and jurists without having to show anyone the evidence.<br />In fact, defense attorneys had to ask the judge to make Limas' wife available to them because they couldn't locate her to seek exculpatory evidence for their client Marchan.<br /><div>Yet, federal prosecutors felt they could introduce irrelevant evidence impugning others with crimes even though they were not relevant in Marchan's case.</div><div>Federal prosecutors had Limas testify that he received money from Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. Villalobos â€" who is present in court â€" to stop an investigation into events surrounding the Amit Livingston case. </div><div>According to Limas, he received the payment in order to stop the investigation and not take any judicial action regarding an inquiry that he, Limas, had started. This line of questioning came to a stop after defense attorneys objected based on relevance.&nbsp;</div><div>The questioning stopped after U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen quietly talked to both defense and prosecuting attorneys.<br />This is a very fine tightrope that the trial has begun to cross the chasm of public credibility.<br />The main liability to the government's case now seems to be its main witness: Limas, a man who has shown no respect for the public that elected him, the "friends" who have helped him or the lawyers who wined and dined him and threw gambling chips his way. He has shown that he would throw the respect and reputation of his own parents under the bus to save his skin and that of his wife and son who are caught on some government tapes fighting like vulgar thieves over the spoils of his corruption.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6016803033174468094-561052487787569768?l=rrunrrun.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
LINK: http://rrunrrun.blogspot.com/2012/06/testimony-in-marchan-trial-shows-feds.html





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