LETTER: Looking For Help

To the editor:
We are writing about the cows that have been killed and maimed in the Rio Grande Estates on Hwy 60 East.
This has been happening for several years. When it’s not the people killing the cows, it’s the dogs.
We have called the Sheriff’s Office on several occasions. There are several cases pending which have not been followed up by either by the Sheriff’s Office or the District Attorney’s office.
One blames the other. It goes back and forth between the two offices. One claims it does not have the reports.
The sheriff’s office says it needs more evidence. We don’t know what else we can give them. We have several witnesses on different cases but they still say there is not enough evidence.
It takes them forever to follow up on anything. I don’t want to blame the whole Sheriff’s Department. Those deputies know who they are.
All we get from the DA and Sheriff’s Department is that they don’t have enough evidence. We have given them photos, witnesses, suspects, still nothing.

The Barela family
La Joya

LETTER: Looking For Help