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NY Timesmap notes travel in Jim Hogg unchangedBy Poncho Hernandez Jr.The Enterprise

Residents in rural communities that have yet to enact a stay-at-home order continue to travel widely and more often, disregarding advisories to protect them-selves from contacting and/or exposing others to the coronavirus disease, accord-ing to an article published in the New York Times.

Laredo orders strictlaws on coronavirus

Confi rmed cases reported in Alice, Orange Grove

Gonzalez urges District residents to stay home

By Mia McCordThe Enterprise

We are all in the middle of chaos. I feel pretty comfort-able making that a statement. In the midst of the anxiety we are all feeling to keep our families healthy and safe, a lot of us are now taking on the position of teacher while balancing our full-time jobs remotely.

The new normal has brought about many irritating issues like fi guring out Zoom, slow internet, co-workers who have not quite fi gured out the “mute” button (I’m likely that co-worker), mischievous dogs

The New NormalWhat did you

do today?

On Thursday, the article was the subject of an MSNBC news report by Chris Hayes that included a New York Times map showing parts of Texas with Jim Hogg County clearly marked in red, indi-cating areas where people continue to travel freely and with no restrictions.

The study was based on anonymous cellphone data that showed people in parts of the Midwest as having traveled less than their counterparts in counties where no stay at home orders were made.

The map shows the percent change in average

travel for the week of March 23, 2020, compared with travel before the coronavirus outbreak. According to the map, the lighter the county’s color (white generally indicates a stay at home order), the less travel reported, with dark red indicating travel as usual.

COVID-19 cases up in Corpus Christi, Valley towns

WHERE PEOPLE WERE STILL TRAVELING LAST WEEKNEW YORK TIMES GRAPHIC

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By Andrew LopezSpecial to The Enterprise

Throughout our nation's history, Americans have had to answer the call of battle in order to preserve our free-doms, our ways of life.

We are once again at war. Not with an empire, country, foreign government, or radi-cal groups. No, our enemy is insidious and seeks to destroy our security, our livelihood, as well as cause mass death. Our enemy is COVID-19.

Make no mistake, we are at war. It is a war of attrition, one that will only be won once COVID-19 has been dealt with. And it will be dealt with.

It will be a long and hard

San Diego graduate

shares thoughts

on COVID-19

McCORD, Page 2

Andrew LopezForensic Scientist

Answering the call of duty

Jim Hogg County in South Texas

LOPEZ, Page 2

With the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic now approaching Duval and Jim Hogg counties, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez shared the following statement with En-terprise readers.

“Stay home. Medical ex-perts around the country are begging us to do our part. We risk the lives of everyone - the young, old, vulnerable, healthy and so many more if we go out during this critical period. If you do not have to leave this house, don’t. We need to rally together and fol-low the advice of our medical experts.”

It might be better to cover your mouth and nose with a mask while in Laredo than to face a $1,000 fi ne.

Last week, the Laredo City Council issued an emergency ordinance enacting rules to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The council extended the mayor’s original emergency order, established a daily curfew for all resident, and implemented a requirement that residents use masks to cover their noses and mouths.

A recent study by disease modelers at the University of Texas at Austin indicates that even counties with just one reported case of COVID-19 have a more than 50 percent chance that a “sustained, undetected outbreak - an epidemic - is already taking place.”

The report comes days after the towns of Alice and Orange Grove reported three cases in neighboring Jim Wells County, where the use of protective gear has yet to be observed at retail stores or gasoline stations, according to The Enterprise.

The number of confi rmed COVID-19 cases in Corpus Christi has risen to 47 with most cases being travel-related, according to the city’s website.

No coronavirus-related deaths have yet to be reported in the county.

In Hidalgo County, home to the cities of Edinburg and McAllen, as many as 86 cases were reported as of late Friday.

A mandate similar to one passed by city of Laredo councilmen that went into effect Thursday has also been imposed in the county.

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fought war, unlike any war we have fought in the past. The battles will not be fought in fi elds or seas, but in hospitals, in laboratories, in grocery stores, and in homes across not only our nation, but the entire world, for this is not an American war, but a human war. This is humankind against a virus.

As in all wars, there will be heroism. Heroism as demonstrated by doctors and nurses on the front lines combating this disease, fi rst responders putting themselves at risk to try to maintain emergency ser-vices. Demonstrated by grocery workers and farmers making sure we do not go hungry during these trying times. Demonstrated by essential infrastructure work-ers making sure supplies can be delivered, power and electricity and gas remains constant. Scientists hard at work in labs, rushing to develop a desperately needed vaccine. Selfl ess volunteers, receiving the fi rst trial doses of these vaccines. These are the heroes of the Pandemic War.

However, with all wars there will also be acts of cowardice. Those who would seek to price gouge and profi teers seeking to make a buck off the suffering and fear of others. These people will ultimately have to answer for their actions and their greed.

In the end, humanity will ultimately prevail. To borrow from JRR Tolkien:

"It’s like in the great stories. Full of darkness and danger they were, and you didn't want to know the end, because how could it be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad has happened? But it's only a passing thing, this shadow. A new day will come, and the sun will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, even if you were too young to understand why. But I think I know now. The people in those stories had lots of chances to turn back, only they didn't, because they were holding on to something: That there's some good in this world and it's worth fi ghting for." Stay home, stay safe. We're in this together. Let's fi nish this fi ght.

* Andrew Lopez is a forensic scientist at the Texas Department of Public Safety in Waco, Texas. Andrew is a 2005 graduate of San Diego High School who went on to receive his degree from Texas A&M Kingsville where he majored in Biology and double minored in chemistry and history. Andrew attended the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston where he worked at the UTMB Galveston National Laboratory as a graduate student where he served as a research as-sistant studying fl aviviruses such as West Nile, Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever and Saint Louis Encephalitis. He is currently a forensic scientist at the Texas Depart-ment of Public Safety in Waco.

who can’t stay off the counters, kids who want snacks every 30 minutes but refuse to eat an actual meal, and the constant mess… holy moly, can the McCords destroy a clean house in fi ve minutes! Then, you add daily press briefi ngs and news stories about the growing number of infected Americans, and, even worse, the number of Americans who are daily losing their battles with COVID-19. Embracing the new chaos is emotional and incredibly demanding.

But, if I may, I’d like to challenge you to take it all in and see the opportunity. Let me give you a real-life example. What did I do today?

Well, today, I hosted two conference calls with elected offi cials from across the state along with other daily work tasks while in my workout clothes, taught a 1st grader about compound words, how to count change, and the different stages of plant life, and perhaps my most favorite accomplishment of the day… wait for it… I made caterpillar pencil holders out of toilet paper rolls that we have collected over the last 3 weeks with my kids. Pinterest and Google have been a lifesaver!

Would I wish this to be my forever normal? Prob-ably not. At some point, I would like to give the edu-cating of my children back to the professionals who have always done a phenomenal job, and go back to my nice, white offi ce with a window where I can meet with people in person and not over the phone and focus on state policy. But, today, and for the next month or so, why not?

I know we are all tired, anxious, frustrated, a little

scared, and probably very grateful that Governor Abbott made it ok to order alcohol to-go from our favorite restaurants. Right now, in this moment, there is so much opportunity to grow closer God and to our families, re-prioritize our lives, be thoughtful neigh-bors and friends, and reconnect with what is most important to us.

In a few months, when life is hopefully back to the normal grind of “too busy” and “no time,” we are going to miss this chaos. I already feel the pull every time my daughter claps when she recognizes a letter of the alphabet and when our son smiles after I approve his daily writing assignment. And, let’s be honest, those Zoom calls with kid interruptions are pretty dang funny.

This time has brought back the human in our rou-tine. For the time being, our lives do not operate in the silos we have come to depend on, and that is ok.

What does your new normal look like? Who have you reconnected with? Ask your kids what their favorite part of the day was, and I will bet money it has something to do with the time they are spending with you.

**As a side note: You might be asking why the President of a conservative policy think tank is writing a blog post of about her home life. Well, we mustn’t forget that the “T” in our LIFT Principles stand for “Traditional Values.” I’d say this falls into that cat-egory, and isn’t it nice to not read about stimulus packages and policy changes, fl attening the pandemic curve, or all the negative in the world?

Hola mis amigos! I hope you haven’t gone over the edge yet as we continue to follow “Stay-at-Home Orders” throughout many of our “esquinitas.” I realize that this is not the easiest thing for some people; they go stir crazy. What has to be realized is that there’s no choice – this coronavirus is a deadly disease that is very con-tagious so the best way to stop the spread is to stay home! There is no cure; there is no vaccine. Not even wearing gloves and face masks will keep you safe; the only thing that will help stop the spread is staying home!

So, how do we make the best of staying home? There are so many who are being creative in fi nd-ing things to do, espe-

cially if living or caring for young children. Many Facebook posts show some simple crafts that can be made for young children using ordinary household items. Lac-ing using cardboard and yarn is a simple, popular activity. You can cut out shapes of animals or fa-vorite toys such as trucks or dolls from cardboard, then punch holes around the edges. Equip your young child with a strand of yard with a taped edge to help with the lacing and let children thread their picture. Children also enjoy water games.

One activity I saw involves building a tow-er using empty plastic 3 liter bottles with the bottoms cut out. These can be pushed into each other and placed against a fence for stability. Po-sition the bottles so if water is poured in at the top, it travels from one bottle into the next, fi-nally reaching the bottom where it empties into a plastic tub. These games can be repeated over and over.

Older children can en-joy card games or board games. Reading a book or playing video games can also pass the time. One thing that can be enjoyed at any age is cooking or baking. Elizabeth Munoz, a student at SDHS, is one who has been really busy

in the kitchen. I have the honor of knowing Elizabeth and know that she is a remarkably tal-ented young lady. It is no surprise that her talents extend into the kitchen. She has already made some amazing brownies and cake pops. And I’m sure there’s more to come.

Little Aubrey Iber, who lives in Corpus Christi, is always in-volved with many activi-ties, but she too put on an apron and got her mom, San Diego native Ana Lisa Vela Iber, to help her bake cookies. I hope they

save some in the freezer for me.

I am in the process of making a Dump Cake, but am trying to improvise using only the ingredients I already have in my pan-try. I am trying very hard to stay home, to avoid the store, to avoid the crowds. I’ve found a recipe that begins with a yellow box cake mix and crushed pineapple, which I have in my pantry. So, I’ll try this sometime this weekend. Another recipe I want to try is Beer Bread. I have found two recipes that are relatively easy. One adds

honey and that’s the one I want to try.

Nobody says this is easy; we are living in a very challenging time. We are being asked to sacrifi ce, not only for us and our families but for all humanity.There are sources that predict that this might last until the summer. The only way we can cut that time short is by observing the orders issued by our city, our county, our state and our national leaders. If the order says to stay home, we must stay home.

If the order says, no

more public gatherings; then no more gatherings. If the order says, we can-not hold family gather-ings if it includes people who do not live in the household, then that’s what we do. It is tough, but we have to obey. This is the only way we can lessen the blow and get ahead of the curve!

Bueno mis queridos amigos, better go! God bless all of you, my dear friends; please stay safe and remember que sus vidas sean llenas de paz y que cada “esquinita” sea llena de buena fortuna!

Aubrey Iber baking cookiesElizabeth Munoz baking cake pops

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PERMIT NO. WQ0010088001APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Freer Water Control and Improvement District, P.O. Box 329, Freer, Texas 78357, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of TCEQ Permit No. WQ0010088001 which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 280,000 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 131.66 acres of non-public access agricultural land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into water in the state. TCEQ received this application on November 6, 2019.

The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site are located at 2571 North State Highway 16, Freer, in Duval County, Texas 78357. The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site are located in the drainage basin of Nueces River Above Frio River in Segment No. 2104 of the Nueces River Basin. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application.https://tceq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=db5bac44afbc468bbddd360f8168250f&marker=-98.6183%2C27.8914&level=12

The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must oper-ate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at Freer Water Control and Improvement District Office, 307 East Johnson Street, Freer, Texas.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting about this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ holds a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Direc-tor’s decision. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court.

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Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commis-sioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material water quality concerns submitted during the comment period TCEQ may act on an applica-tion to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. The Executive Director may issue final approval of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed. If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed, the Executive Director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsidera-tion of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.All written public comments and public meeting requests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ within 30 days from the date of newspaper publication of this notice.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. For details about the status of the application, visit the Com-missioners’ Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Search the database using the permit number for this application, which is provided at the top of this notice.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted ei-ther electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Any personal information you submit to the TCEQ will become part of the agency’s record; this includes email addresses. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep.Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

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For several days now, residents in San Diego and nearby rural communities have been puzzled by the sound of different siren tones filling the air. Some-times, the tone was a strong single blare reminiscent of the curfew alert from days gone by. At other times, the tone was much weaker.

When the question was posed to San Diego Vol-unteer Fire Chief Juan Soliz, the answer was pretty simple. The city is testing an antiquated system that hasn’t been used in years to see if it’s feasible to revive it as hurricane season approaches. The plan is to utilize the system to warn residents of threat-ening weather conditions including hurricanes and tornados. They will also be used to give the all clear.

According to the experts at Colorado State University, sixteen named storms including eight hurricanes are forecasted for 2020. The first three are named Arthur, Bertha and Cristobal. The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season will officially start on June 1 and end on November 30. It is admirable that the San Diego Volunteer Fire Department is preparing so far ahead.

According to Chief Soliz, the city made the deci-sion to activate the system to warn the community of imminent danger. Residents can actually take a listen to the different sirens by logging in to the SDVFD Facebook page. They include tornado siren, curfew, major storm and all clear. The curfew siren went into effect last Friday night at 10:00 pm.

Blaring sirens cause concern

MEETING NOTICEThe Jim Hogg County Water Control & Improvement District No. 2 will hold its Regular Meeting on April 14, 2020 at its office at 601 N. Cedar Ave., Hebbronville, Texas at 6 p.m.

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FINANCIAL FOCUSWatch Out For Financial Scams Related to Virus

What Caused The Fatal Cotulla Accident That

Claimed One Man’s Life?

South Texas Court CasesPresented by Jennifer Lester on behalf of DeSouza Injury Lawyers

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On one hand, the coronavirus has brought out the best in us. People across the country are pitching in to help oth-ers, from providing protective masks to health care workers to holding video chats with confi ned residents of assisted living homes to simply buying gift cards to support local businesses. On the other hand, a small number of bad actors are taking advantage of the situation to try to defraud people. How can you guard against these virus-related scams?

For starters, be aware of three com-mon scams connected to the corona-virus:

• Websites claiming to help and track the pandemic – Look out for websites that claim to help you work remotely or provide fi nancial resources to the affl icted. These sites may try to trick you into giving up personal infor-mation, donate money or load malware onto your computer. Don’t trust in-formation technology (IT) “helpdesk” agents you don’t know. And check out any obscure organization claiming to help virus victims. You can easily fi nd many legitimate groups that actually work to alleviate suffering, and that deserve your support. To find these reputable organizations, go to an online clearinghouse, such as charitynavigator.org, which rates thousands of groups on their fi nancial health, accountability and transparency.

• Products claiming to prevent or cure the disease – When there’s a real treatment or vaccination for COVID-19, it will be big news, and you will hear about it. Until then, ignore any claims for pills, potions, prescriptions or other products that promise “miracle” cures. Not only will they waste your money, but, if you click on attachments from “phishing” emails advertising these fake treatments, you could end up supplying crooks with sensitive data, such as your

online account logins, passwords, and credit card and bank account details. You can find a great deal of health information on the virus at the Center for Disease Control website (www.cdc.gov), of course, but if you or your loved ones are feeling ill, please contact a physician.

• “Risk-free” or “guaranteed” investments – The coronavirus has caused two separate, but related, areas of stress. The fi rst is the health con-cern, and the second is the fi nancial/investment component. The enormous volatility of the fi nancial markets has caused much concern among investors, and scammers are seizing the opportu-nity to offer “risk-free” or “guaranteed” investments “perfect” for this particular time. Again, responding to these types of offers can bring you nothing but trouble. All investments carry risk of one type or another, and they typically don’t come with guarantees, although some do offer signifi cant protection of principal. In these turbulent times, your best move is to stick with a long-term investment strategy based on your goals, risk toler-ance and time horizon.

Here’s one more suggestion: Warn your elderly relatives about the in-creased potential for scams. The elderly are always the most susceptible to fraud, and now, when they may be more iso-lated than before, they may well be even more vulnerable. So, make sure you’re talking to these loved ones, and urge them not to make any sudden, out-of-the-ordinary fi nancial moves.

Even in normal times, it’s regrettable that we have to be on the alert for scam artists – and it’s even more unfortunate during a period of national crisis.

However, by being reasonably vigilant, and by taking the proper pre-cautions, you can avoid taking on the “collateral damage” that can occur in this environment.

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It was Saturday after-noon in October of 2018. I-35 just north of Cotulla was experiencing a high amount of traffic that day. This traffi c caused a freightliner to slow down. Unfortunately, when the large truck began to brake, the Dodge cargo van behind it was unable to slow its speed too – and it slammed into the back of the 18-wheeler. One driver survived, one did not…

South Texas has seen tremendous change in the last decade thanks to Eagle Ford Shale. While the oil and gas industry did provide a boost to the local economy, it may have come at a price.

The roads around Cotulla are not well-equipped for large oil and gas tankers and trucks. And sadly, some of them are exempt from the fed-eral laws that restrict the number of hours truckers can drive each day. This can be very dangerous for other motorists, like 34-year-old Jose Enrique

Rodriguez of Browns-ville, who lost his life in that October collision.

Yes, it was his vehicle that collided into the back of the freightliner that day. But why? Was Jose distracted? Or, did the driver of the semi-truck slam on his brakes so suddenly that Jose didn’t have enough time to re-act? If this 18-wheeler obstructed his view, he may not have been aware of the traffi c ahead until it was too late.

However, in cases like these, there is a way to find out. In today’s ve-hicles, there is the equiva-lent of a “black box.” In airplane accidents, you often hear about the black box and how experts use its data to determine the cause of the crash. You can do the same with automobiles.

If the driver of the 18-wheeler braked sud-denly, the information inside the vehicle could provide the evidence needed to determine fault – for those who know how to access it.

The trucking indus-try’s insurance companies don’t want you to know about this information, and they’ll do anything they can to hide it. If you are in an accident with one of these trucks, you need an aggressive lawyer

on your side - one who knows about this infor-mation and isn’t afraid to fi ght the insurance com-panies to get it.

You see, even if you sue the individual who caused your accident, there is an insurance com-pany involved. By law, attorneys cannot refer to the insurance company before a jury. But they are there, behind the scenes, working to undervalue your case.

They will do or say anything to get out of pay-ing you what you deserve.

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DeSouza Law Firm is a leading personal injury fi rm representing accident victims throughout Texas. If you’ve been injured by a car, truck, 18 wheeler, company vehicle, or in the oilfi eld, call DeSouza Injury Lawyers today at 361-799-2222.

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Due to the corona-virus that has paralyzed much of our country, a centennial observation planned by the Duval County Historical Com-mission has been post-poned indefi nitely.

The event was origi-nally scheduled to be held at the Duval County Courthouse on April 1, 2020, and remembers three men who were mur-dered in Bruni on their way to a wedding one hundred years ago. Two of the men were from Duval County and one was from Paras, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Their descendants, including Lydia Oliveira Canales and Emma Lou Leal from Benavides, were scheduled to share family stories and discuss the impact the event had on their lives. Marianella Franklin and Dr. George Diaz from UTRGV were also scheduled to address the audience.

Several “corridos” have been composed re-garding the event and one DCHC member, Roelia Villarreal, was going to sing the “corrido” at the centennial event.

Even though there are many versions of what happened, one story tells that fi ve men were on their way to Paras, Nuevo Leon, Mexico where one of the men, Cresencio Oliveira Jr., was going to wed his girlfriend, Maria de Je-sus Gutierrez, a native of Paras.

With Cresencio was

Historical Commission cancels eventhis father, Cresencio Oliveira Sr., his brother Doroteo Oliveira along with Vicente Aguilar and Dionisio Maldonado of Paras.

The Oliveria fam-ily and Aguilar were na-tives of Benavides. The story tells of how the men were ambushed by the Texas Rangers, whose excuse for the shooting was that these men were believed to be “tequile-ros.” They did not have tequila with them but instead held in their pos-session a wedding dress and a ring. Cresencio Sr. and Doroteo were spared the slaughter as they rode away on their

horses once the shooting began as the men were readying to open a gate at a ranch entrance. The bodies were recovered the day after the shooting by Cresencio Jr.’s broth-ers, Jesus and Serapio. All three men are buried in Benavides. The story tells how Cresencio Sr. and Doroteo, the only two surviving members of the slaughter didn’t return to their homes, but instead chose to re-main in hiding for several years.

Gracie T. Gonza-les, Chairwoman of the DCHC, hopes to resched-ule the event once it is safe to do so.