A selection committee helping to pick the next Hialeah police chief has narrowed the list down to six candidates and will interview each of them Wednesday before providing a shortlist of three to Mayor Esteban Bovo.

The finalists from the 33 applicants from as far away as Alaska who qualified for the job are:

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Who will be appointed? Ladra’s money is on a former councilwoman

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Some residents in Hialeah were surprised last week to find that they could pay for their water and research a nearby charter school at the same time. That’s because a flyer for the COHEA (City of Hialeah Education Academy) Career and Collegiate Academy was found in the same envelope with the utility bill.

Several residents told Ladra that this was the first time they had ever seen an ad come in or with their water bill. And Councilman Jesus Tundidor said he hadn’t seen it or heard anything about it before Ladra called.

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Mayor Esteban Bovo, county commissioner Rene Garcia win one, lose one

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Hialeah council candidate Angelica Pacheco is trying to make herself the victim, but records show that she has victimized others.

Pacheco went on Spanish-language TV and a sad Facebook interview in recent days calling the articles in Political Cortadito about her false and paid political attacks.

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Newly-elected Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo replaced Police Chief Sergio Velazquez Monday, but it reportedly had nothing to do with the dressing down of a sergeant at his swearing-in ceremony last week.

Bovo relieved Velazquez of duty and named George Fuente the interim chief as he starts a national search for a new permanent top cop. The 24-year-veteran was No. 2 in the department and it is “protocol” for him to assume the job, the mayor explained.

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