
DONNA, Texas — Two Texas border public school board members have been indicted on bribery and attempted extortion charges. The charges were handed down Friday morning when the U.S District Court for the Southern District of Texas unsealed an indictment charging two of the board members with bribery and extortion in connection with services contracts for the district. A third person who is believed to have acted as a middleman has also been charged.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 Nov 2015, 7:37 AM PST0

Two council members, the wife of one of them, and the municipal judge from the border city of Hidalgo traveled to Brazil at the tune of almost $18,000 using public funds.
by Ildefonso Ortiz9 Jul 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

The embattled superintendent of a Texas border school district, who has been the target of a political witch hunt, was suspended with pay following his recent arrest on bribery and retaliation charges.
by Merrill Hope15 Jun 2015, 5:55 AM PST0

DONNA, Texas — Once again the school district in this border town continues to be the cause of controversy with the latest chapter being the drug arrest of the son of the school police chief who is believed to also be an employee at the school.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 Jun 2015, 5:31 AM PST0

DONNA, Texas — The superintendent of a Texas border school district who has been the target of a political witch hunt has fought back and stopped a move by the school board to push him out.
by Ildefonso Ortiz2 Jun 2015, 5:40 AM PST0

DONNA, Texas — The history of corruption in this community’s school board appears to continue with what some are calling two politically motivated arrests. As Breitbart Texas previously reported, Donna ISD Police Chief Roy Padilla personally handled an investigation targeting the man who had fired him in the past and had moved to fire him again the school superintendent Jesus Rene Reyna.
by Ildefonso Ortiz30 May 2015, 4:50 AM PST0

The school district in the border community of Donna continues to make headlines when it comes to corruption. In the most recent turn of events, what appears to be a politically motivated vendetta has resulted in the school board police chief arresting the superintendent who fired him the previous year
by Ildefonso Ortiz29 May 2015, 7:36 AM PST0

DONNA, Texas — A newly filled federal lawsuit against a Texas border school board provides even more insight into the actions that in have wreaked havoc in the small community. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by a number of high ranking employees and former employees of the Donna Independent School District (Donna ISD). They claim a series of politically motivated retaliations at the hands of Board President Alberto Sandoval and his two closest allies Tomasa Ramos and Nick Castillo.
by Ildefonso Ortiz18 Feb 2015, 9:51 AM PST0

DONNA, Texas – The president of the Donna Independent School District (ISD), Albert Sandoval, hired a convicted felon to be general counsel for the district and agreed to pay him $300,000 per year in retainer fees plus $225 per hour
by Bob Price11 Feb 2015, 12:57 PM PST0

A Donna Independent School District (ISD) police sergeant was reinstated to his position after an improper suspension. The sergeant was suspended improperly by the district’s assistant superintendent without approval from the superintendent as part of what appears to be political retaliation and a power-play to get rid of the superintendent.
by Bob Price9 Feb 2015, 1:09 PM PST0

The school board of the Donna Independent School District (ISD) has cleared two school security employees who had been accused of improper texting with students. The move comes on the heels of other sex related scandals in the border community’s school district.
by Bob Price6 Feb 2015, 6:05 AM PST0