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EDCOUCH — By a unanimous vote, officials here opted to fire embattled city manager Victor Hugo de la Cruz just days after federal agents arrested him and Edcouch Place 1 Alderman Rene A. Flores on public corruption charges.
“Today, we had quorum. We had four commissioners present. They reviewed the status of our city manager … and at the end of the day, council motioned, and recommended and approved to terminate his employment status as city manager for the city of Edcouch,” Mayor Virginio “Virgil” Gonzalez said Tuesday.
The city had initially suspended de la Cruz with pay the day after his Sept. 12 arrest, the mayor confirmed…