Leon Valley City Council leader Benny Martinez successfully won re-election after he was ousted from office by previous city council members during a special hearing, following several complaints made against him.

Leon Valley resident Benny Martinez is back in office serving Place 1 following his successful re-election on May 1.

San Antonio – A federal judge has temporarily stopped a hearing set before Leon Valley City Council on Monday, October 5th, to hear allegations of misconduct and disciplinary action against Councilor Will Bradshaw. “There have been two city councilors who have sued the city, former Councilor Benny Martinez and current Councilor William Bradshaw. Both are highly political and staff should not be involved in the Leon Valley political arena. "Pursuant to United State District Judge Biery’s Temporary Restraining Order, the City Council for the City of Leon Valley is cancelling the Special Meeting for October 5, 2020. Counsel for the City of Leon Valley will respond to the Court on behalf of the City asserting its Right to Proceed with the Special Meeting under Section 3.12."

LEON VALLEY, Texas – The clock is ticking for two city council leaders in Leon Valley, who now have five days to respond to a recall petition signed and certified by the city secretary. A group of citizens gathered more than 1,500 signatures, asking to replace councilwomen Monica Alcocer and Donna Charles. During a Tuesday city council meeting, the city secretary said the group of citizens requesting the recall met the minimum of 500 signatures required for a recall to take place. Leon Valley residents have spent more than $122,000 on legal fees for the city’s recent legal troubles. His seat was vacated, but the legal complaints and recall elections have followed since.

LEON VALLEY, Texas – A group of Leon Valley residents have formally turned in more than 1,500 signatures seeking the removal of Council members Monica Alcocer and Donna Charles from office. Some of the members involved in the recall include former council members Benny Martinez and David Edwards and active members of current city boards, such as the Home Rule Charter committee. Did Leon Valley city leaders violate the law? Leon Valley City Council appoints new council member after voting to oust councilman"I do not condone nor will I ever agree with the way Councilor Martinez treated his colleagues or the staff members of the city of Leon Valley," Alcocer said in a statement. Leon Valley councilman denies harassment allegationsMartinez, who was present when the signatures were turned in, has filed a lawsuit against the city.

FALFURRIAS, Texas – In response to published reports of mass graves at a Falfurrias cemetery, Brooks County Judge Raul Ramirez said a local funeral home had been paid to transport and “dispose” of immigrant remains. Ramirez said at a cost of $450 per body in 2005 to $740 now, he understood they would be buried in pauper's graves. "Plastic bags are not pauper's graves," Ramirez said. Dr. Lori Baker, a Baylor University forensic anthropologist, also said they were not in mass graves. AdShe said it was nothing like the mass graves she encountered years ago working in Peru.

Hernandez is the 32nd immigrant to die in Brooks County this year. Before making those latest notifications, Martinez said a Congressional aide had just informed him that Brooks County should not count on any "border surge" funds approved last week in the Senate's version of immigration reform. AdNearly $40 billion have been proposed to double the number of Border Patrol agents, create a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles, and additional border fencing. He said Brooks County is 70 miles from the border, yet it's seeing a daily surge of smuggling activity being funneled around the busiest of three Border Patrol checkpoints in the Rio Grande Valley sector. "We need to become a border county where the funds are directly forwarded to the county," Martinez said.