Voluntary Statement Jonas Del Angel
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THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DATE: 05-12-2011 TIME: 10:59 PM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TEXAS RANGER DIVISION VOLUNTARY STATEMENT LOCATION: Palm Shore Estates I have been informed that under the State of Texas Penal Code, Section 37.02: A person commits the offense of Perjury if, he/she makes a false statement under oath or swears to the truth of a false statement 'te, and the statement is required or authorized by law to be made under oath. (Initial . ) BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared, Jonas DEL ANGEL whom being duly sworn on oath states: I am voluntarily submitting this statement to Texas Ranger Ricardo RIVERA in Spanish. I am giving this statement without any threats or promises and on my own free will. Ranger RIVERA will write this statement in English and will translate the statement back to me in Spanish. This statement may be used for whatever purpoZ!e 3JK!me9ecessary. I would prefer Ranger RIVERA to type this statement as I speak. (INITIAL Ranger RIVERA will type the statement for me as I relay e information to him verbally. I am currently employed as a bus driver by the La Joya Independent School District. Today I went into work at 5:00 AM, I punch in here in La Joya and then we take a small bus to Western Road and TX 107, we have a transportation department there and that is where I pickup up bus number 139. I punched out at 8:15AM, but the dispatcher asked if I could punch back in and take some kids on a field trip to Edinburg. I punched out at 5:15PM and punched back in at 6:06 PM in order to pick up some kids from practice at Juarez Lincoln. No one was there, but we still got two hours paind. I finally punched out at 7:59 PM. I stopped at Leo's Drive Inn and put gas in my car. I then picked up my wife Elizabeth DEL ANGEL at my daughter's house in La Joya. Her name is Elizama DEL ANGEL, she lives behind the O'Reilly's Auto Parts Store. We went home at about 8:30PM. Once at home my daughter Elizama called me and told me that, they had found my brother Jose Luis DEL ANGEL dead. She told me my niece Miriam had told her and that they had found him at his house. My wife and I picked up Elizama and we to went Jose Luis' house. No one was there. We then found out from Miriam that Jose Luis was at a lot that he owns. We came over here and found all of the police cars.
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Statement provided to authorities on the death of the La Joya police chief
Transcript of Voluntary Statement Jonas Del Angel
THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF
DATE: 05-12-2011 TIME: 10:59 PM
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TEXAS RANGER DIVISION
VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
LOCATION: Palm Shore Estates
I have been informed that under the State of Texas Penal Code, Section 37.02: A person commits the offense of Perjury if, he/she makes a false statement under oath or swears to the truth of a false statement pred'~ 'te, and the statement is required or authorized by law to be made under oath. (Initial . )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared, Jonas DEL ANGEL whom being duly sworn on oath states:
I am voluntarily submitting this statement to Texas Ranger Ricardo RIVERA in Spanish. I am giving this statement without any threats or promises and on my own free will. Ranger RIVERA will write this statement in English and will translate the statement back to me in Spanish. This statement may be used for whatever purpoZ!e 3JK!me9ecessary. I would prefer Ranger RIVERA to type this statement as I speak. (INITIAL ~
Ranger RIVERA will type the statement for me as I relay e information to him verbally. I am currently employed as a bus driver by the La Joya Independent School District. Today I went into work at 5:00 AM, I punch in here in La Joya and then we take a small bus to Western Road and TX 107, we have a transportation department there and that is where I pickup up bus number 139. I punched out at 8:15AM, but the dispatcher asked if I could punch back in and take some kids on a field trip to Edinburg. I punched out at 5:15PM and punched back in at 6:06 PM in order to pick up some kids from practice at Juarez Lincoln. No one was there, but we still got two hours paind. I finally punched out at 7:59 PM. I stopped at Leo's Drive Inn and put gas in my car. I then picked up my wife Elizabeth DEL ANGEL at my daughter's house in La Joya. Her name is Elizama DEL ANGEL, she lives behind the O'Reilly's Auto Parts Store. We went home at about 8:30PM. Once at home my daughter Elizama called me and told me that, they had found my brother Jose Luis DEL ANGEL dead. She told me my niece Miriam had told her and that they had found him at his house. My wife and I picked up Elizama and we to went Jose Luis' house. No one was there. We then found out from Miriam that Jose Luis was at a lot that he owns. We came over here and found all of the police cars.
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TEXAS RANGER DIVISION
VOLUNTARY STATEMENT
I am the second oldest in the family, we originate from Diaz Ordaz, we moved to Veracruz when we were young and then we eventually came back to Diaz Ordaz. As we grew older, we eventually migrated to the United States. My brother Jose Luis has been a police officer for La Joya for a while. We used to talk to one another a lot, but when he became the Chief, we hardly spoke, we pretty much went our own way. When he became Chief, he started coming out on the news a lot and I would tell him not to do that because he was going to gain enemies, he didn't listen to me and he told me that it was his job.
The last time I talked to him, it must have been about two to three months ago. I went to his house and asked him for a $300.00 loan, he told me that he did not have any money. After that, I left and I had not spoken to him since.
He lives on Tom Gill Road, I do not know his address. I know that he had a common-law wife, her name is Ofelia, I do not know her last name. They have two kids together. I think she moved away, I do not know if there separated or not I do not know anything about his personal life.
If you ask me, I think someone came with him to sea his lot, maybe he wanted to sell his lot He sold a house before, I know that he liked to buy and sell lots and houses. I do not know for sure, but that is what I think happened. That is all I know, I told him not to do so many interviews because he was going to make enemies.
Ranger RIVERA has translated my statement back to me from English to Spanish, and I agree that the statement is true and correct.
END OF STATEMENT TIME: 11 :29 PM
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