In fallout from FBI raids, Laredo city manager announces retirement
City Manager Jesus Olivares announced late Monday that he was retiring effective immediately.
After meeting in executive session for about an hour with City Council, Olivares made the announcement and then walked out of council chambers.
Council went back into executive session to discuss whether to appoint an interim city manager. When they reconvened in open session, they named Assistant City Manager Horacio De Leon as the interim.
Mayor Pete Saenz wanted to discuss the possibility of placing Olivares on administrative leave with pay since he was one of 17 people identified as “target subjects” in the search and seizure warrant executed by the FBI at City Hall in late April. The warrant was executed as part of a public corruption probe.
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