An attorney who worked more than 20 years in the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has been chosen to be the next associate judge in the Bexar County Children’s Court.
Number of DWI crashes in Bexar County didn’t drop as expected amid pandemic, advocates say
MADD continues to provide support to families impacted by DWI crashes during coronavirus pandemic
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SAN ANTONIO – Although bars were closed for most of 2020 and the pandemic kept many people home, DWI cases did not drop as expected in Bexar County.
The pandemic shutdown did not slow down the need for services for victims of drunk drivers, said Azeza Salama, volunteer resource specialist for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, South Central Texas.
“I think our biggest concern was that we were still having the fatalities regardless of being in pre-pandemic or pandemic. We were still seeing crashes. We were still seeing arrests,” Salama said.
Bexar civil judges appoint first African American, woman to hear Children s Court cases
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Bexar County’s 14 civil district judges have appointed Kimberly Burley as associate judge in Children’s Court and when she takes the oath of office, she will be the first woman and African American to hold that bench.
Burley, 51, will replace Associate Judge Richard Garcia, 68, who retired April 30 after a nearly 33-year career.
Working alongside Associate Judge Charles Montemayor, Burley will be the second jurist to hear Child Protective Services cases that involve child abuse and neglect, and preside over adoptions of children who are in foster care.
Luis Carlos Castillo Cervantes’ nickname, “El Dragón,” makes him sound like a ruthless drug trafficker. His alias’ roots, however, are in the fairly mundane business he was known for in Mexico: He had the country’s exclusive license to lease a popular brand of road paving equipment. The machines, which scrape up and shred old asphalt as they pave roads, belch dark clouds of smoke. Hence, “El Dragón,” “the Dragon,” or “the King of Dragons,” as he’s also known.
Castillo built his business empire by being generous, including sending politicians duffel bags full of cash. Working with state governments in Mexico, Castillo seemed to find it almost impossible to do business without paying bribes. It was later revealed that he’d spent millions lining the pockets of officials across the country by inflating the value of his contracts to cover the added expenses. With money rolling in, he did what so many successful businessmen from northern Mexico do: He moved to