{"id":1864,"date":"2020-02-18T09:27:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T15:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2020-02-25T19:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T01:27:05","slug":"arrests-made-on-utrgv-brownsville-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/18\/arrests-made-on-utrgv-brownsville-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrests Made on UTRGV Brownsville Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84832354_117260893036934_506566726566019072_n-1024x819.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84832354_117260893036934_506566726566019072_n-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84832354_117260893036934_506566726566019072_n-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/84832354_117260893036934_506566726566019072_n-768x614.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo, Julie Mejia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1-Campus-Arrest.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The UTRGV Police Department apprehended a male suspect earlier this month at the Brownsville campus that alarmed students. Vaquero Radio received an exclusive video from UTRGV student Julie Mejia that shows the male suspect being arrested by authorities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"672\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 352 \/ 672;\" width=\"352\" controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/video-1581721570.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption>Video, Julie Mejia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief of Police at UTRGV, Raul Munguia, explains exactly what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>One of our officers got stopped by one of our [residents] and they actually pointed out that the subject saying that \u201cthey look suspicious, and he was in attire that looks like it was from the county jail, which that was the case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Munguia says that the subject was released from the jail earlier day, explaining why he was wearing the orange attire. Munguia says the subjected was arrested on the charges of evading arrest.\u00a0\u00a0He explains how the situation could have been avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If this person would have just stopped and explained everything, we would have just, you know, we would have contacted the judge to make sure, and after that he would have been released.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV students were alarmed after seeing an arrest happen on campus. Political Science Sophomore Antonio Cuevas says he is worried about the dangers the subject could have brought to campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It\u2019s a campus, and like, something like that should worry us, because, you know, we are students and you never know if they can be dangerous and they can hurt someone. 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