The judge in the contempt trail of defense attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds quelled a heated exchange Tuesday that pitted the prosecutor and defense attorney Caballero. The confrontation ignited when District Attorney Henry Garza, of Bell County, interrupted Caballero during her questioning of a prosecution witness. The witness, who was a juror on the […]
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Busiest Judge in America Testifies
Judge Robert Hough, a federal immigration judge, asked his superiors in Washington D.C. for permission to come to El Paso and testify in the contempt trial for his colleague and friend defense attorney Stuart Leeds. Judge Hough, who is scheduling some of his 6,000 cases for 2017, testified that attorney Leeds is tenacious, aggressive and […]
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Defense Attorneys Face Contempt Allegations
The contempt trial of two, prominent El Paso defense attorneys opened Monday on the same tone as the original case from where it originated – filled with disdain. Attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds are defending themselves against allegations of contempt stemming from the trial of Judge Regina Arditti, who was found not guilty of […]
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Sonny Lopez to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Theresa Caballero Contempt Trial
I am happy to announce that Sonny Lopez has agreed to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of Theresa Caballero’s contempt trial scheduled to start tomorrow,Monday, August 13, 2012at8:30in the morning. As the trial schedule permits, Sonny will post updates through out the day. At the end of the day, Sonny will post daily reports on the trial.
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Guest Editorial: Taking Back our School District– The Job of the Community and NOT an Exercise in Politics
Editor’s note: The following was submitted by: Ursula Buenaventura “Talk is cheap.” So goes the cliché, which in the case of the recent letter to the El Paso Independent School District Board penned by the El Paso County leader and a number of politicians and prominent business leaders seems most befitting. Over the past few […]
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Automatic Renewal Scams: How to beat them: XM Radio, a case study
In my opinion, one of the most abusive techniques employed by companies is the “give me your credit card” and by the way; “you are signing up for automatic renewals”. The most obvious reason companies do this is because the sales cycle is the most expensive component of the company’s revenue stream. Eliminating sales efforts […]
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El Paso Corruption; The modus operandi of the corrupters
My first experience with El Paso corruption came at the hands of an El Paso police officer in the late 1980’s. Sadly, it was the first of many instances of corruption that is so engrained in the community that it is an unpleasant fact, not an exception. Having grown up in Mexico, I was and […]
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Dolores Briones is one reason corruption will not end in El Paso
Former County Judge and convicted corruptor, Dolores Briones exemplifies the mind set of why corruption will continue to prevail in El Paso. Corruption is so ingrained in the El Paso mindset that even after admitting corrupt practices, Dolores Briones and her supporters continue to perpetuate a fraud upon the taxpaying citizens of the community. An […]
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The New El Paso News Site
Thank you for visiting the El Paso News. Unfortunately the site was hacked and we have lost some comments and user registrations. I am in the process of rebuilding blog posts from the archive and ask for your patience. If your login does not work, please reregister yourself. Thank you for your patience and more […]
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Facebook is changing your address book without your knowledge
If you use the Facebook app on your smartphone chances are that your telephone’s address book has been changed by Facebook. That’s right, the friends and family members on your phone’s address book have been updated to show a @facebook.com email address. It didn’t add the alternate email address and it didn’t ask your permission; […]