Mercedes and Donna are about 10 miles apart.
Mercedes Superintendent 6/3/2022
Mercedes ISD Superintendent Carolyn Mendiola was arrested Friday and charged with interference with public duties. Mendiola was arraigned at the Alamo Municipal Court and assigned a $5,000 bond before being booked in the Hidalgo County jail. She was released shortly afterwards.
Mercedes School Guard 6/1/2022
A security guard at Mercedes ISD accused of making a bomb threat last week has been arrested. Edgar Aaron Estrada Jr., 22, was arrested on a charge of terroristic threat and false alarm or report, according to the Mercedes Police Department. According to a release from the district, Estrada is “not an employee of the Mercedes Independent School District. He is an employee with… MLG Security Services. On Thursday, May 26, students and staff were evacuated from Mercedes High School after a bomb threat was made. Mercedes PD told ValleyCentral that Estrada had access to a radio and broadcasted the threats. He was arrested at his house on Thursday.
Mercedes Teacher 5/11/2022
Police arrested Mercedes ISD employee Frank Omar Fuentes Monday on charges of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, a second degree felony. The 53-year-old Mission resident was arraigned Tuesday and given a bond of $40,000, a release from Mercedes police said. Instructional materials posted by Mercedes High’s social studies department describe Fuentes as a teacher in that department. According to Fuentes’ Linkedin account, he’s taught at the district since August 2016.
Donna School Board 7/6/2016
Two Donna Independent School District Board Members are heading to federal prison. This comes a few months after pleading guilty to Bribery and Extortion charges. Former Trustees Eloy Infante and Elpidio Yanez Jr., were sentenced this morning to 46 and 37 months in prison. Both men pleaded guilty back in January to Attempted Interference with Commerce by Extortion.
According to the Department of Justice, the defendants admitted that from February to May of last year, they attempted to extort, as well as solicited and accepted bribes from an individual whose company provided services to the district.
The defendants admitted to asking that individual to pay them $10,000 each, In order for his company to keep its contract with Donna ISD. A third co-defendant in the case, Adrian Guerrero admitted that he served as the middle man for one of those payments. Guerrero was also sentenced this morning to 18 months in prison.
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