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Justin O'Piñon

Commentary & Opinion

Operation Big Bucks, Cola Larga: federal indictment nails Sheriff Martin Cuellar, assistant chief Alejandro Gutierrez, and former assistant chief and UISD trustee Ricardo Rodriguez for fraud and taxpayer-funded private venture for personal gain

By Justin O'Piñon | January 24, 2026

Three-way profits from COVID-19 era sanitizing scam
allegedly netted $175,000 each for Cuellar, Gutierrez, and Rodriguez

Commentary & Opinion

No more fat Generals and Admirals, No more Beardos!

By Justin O'Piñon | November 14, 2025

Hegseth’s comedic arrogance: In Vietnam he would have made a very ineffective platoon leader and kept in the rear

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