Narcotics Investigator Manuel Abelardo Segovia, Jr. of the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office was killed on October 31, 1986, while serving a narcotics search warrant at a residence at Mile 11 North and FM 491. Other officers returned fire and killed the suspect on scene. No further arrests or additional suspects were reported.

Segovia had more than a year with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office and previously served ten years with the McAllen Police Department. He was survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters, a brother and a sister. A unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Hidalgo County was later named in his honor.

If anyone has memories of Investigator Segovia or information about the aftermath of the operation, please share what is known.