14 May 2009

Emilio Navaira Sentenced To 1 Month House Arrest, 1 Year Probation For Four Year-Old DWI Charge

By Cindy Casares at 8:28 PM.

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13 March 2009

Emilio Navaira Pleads Guilty To DWI Charge In Court

By Cindy Casares at 1:18 PM.

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Emilio Navaira pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated today in a Houston courtroom. This surprises no one in an age when being in trouble with the law is pretty much all celebrities do. How do they get any work done?

9 March 2009

Emilio Navaira Is Out On Bail, Due In Court Friday

By Cindy Casares at 9:00 AM.

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Tejano star Emilio Navaira, who was finally charged Friday with a DWI misdemeanor a year after wrecking his tour bus, turned himself in to authorities Saturday and was out on $5000 bail within hours. It’s nice to be rich!

6 March 2009

DWI Warrant Issued For Emilio Navairo

By Cindy Casares at 7:24 PM.

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Emilio Navairo is finally being charged for driving while intoxicated after almost a year since his Easter 2008 drunk driving accident in Houston. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office issued a statement informing the press that a warrant was filed in Houston today for the misdemeanor charge.

24 December 2008

Emilio Navaira To Don Meat Helmet Post Surgery

By Cindy Casares at 9:00 AM.

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Tejano super -skull- star Emilio Navaira will be wearing a helmet to protect his head from any more infections in his skull. The singer, you might recall, underwent surgery recently after it was discovered that a bone in his skull was infected. The infection came about as a result of the very serious bus [...]

9 December 2008

Emilio Navaira’s Brain Will Outlive The Cockroaches

By Anastasia Hinojosa at 2:15 PM.

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Emilio Navaira underwent more surgery last week at an undisclosed San Antonio hospital to remove an infection of the skull flap. Um, ewwwww. You might recall the Tejano superstar almost killed himself and his bandmates on Easter Sunday of this year when he decided to commandeer his tour bus outside Houston whilst under the influence [...]

25 September 2008

More Unshocking Revelations: TMZ Commenters? Kinda Stupid, Extremely Xenophobic

By Alex Alvarez at 4:45 PM.

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We received a letter from one of our readers about some inconsistencies over at that bastion of journalistic integrity, TMZ. Apparently, they practice a double standard when it comes to dealing with hateful comments on their site. Writes Lorena, after reading their coverage on Tejano / country singer Emilio Navaira:
I was on TMZ reading the [...]

24 September 2008

Emilio Navaira In Another Car Crash In San Antonio

By Guanabee Staff at 11:00 PM.

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UPDATE Sept. 25, 2008 7:56 AM: Local San Antonio news reports the accident happened when Emilio Navaira’s wife Maria did not see an oncoming truck trying to turn left across three lanes of traffic and hit it head on. Both the driver of the truck and the couple are in stable condition according to [...]

11 July 2008

Emilio Navaira’s Suing Bandmates Say They’re Still A Family. (That Needs Al-Anon.)

By Guanabee Staff at 11:00 PM.

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The Emilio Navaira band members Eddie Perez and Daniel Sandoval, along with Perez’s grandfather Pedro, who were all on the ill-fated bus Navaira crashed last March appeared on television for the first time with their lawyers to explain why they’re suing Navaira’s company Emilio, Inc. as if anyone who’s not an enabling codependent needs a [...]

3 June 2008

The First Of Emilio Navaira’s Bandmates Sues Him

By Guanabee Staff at 9:00 AM.

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If you didn’t know this was coming, you’re more naive than the poor hack who wrote Barack Obama’s Puerto Rican campaign commercial: two passengers on Emilio Navaira’s tour bus the night of his fateful accident last Easter are suing him. The reason, of course, is that he nearly killed them by drunkenly slamming into a [...]

2 May 2008

Emilio Navaira Update: Emilio Was Rrrrrrunk! During The Crash

By Guanabee Staff at 5:40 PM.

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Uh-oh. As Guanabee Editrix Alejandra Alvarez said, “All those people who’ve been praying for Emilio are gonna be pissed.” The toxicology reports are in and it turns out Tejano superstar cum coma survivor Emilio Navaira was totes wasted during his near fatal bus drive and subsequent crash into a bunch of barrels.
Harris County Assistant District [...]

30 April 2008

Emilio Navaira Update: Emilio Navaira’s Watching The Spurs With His Emo Sons

By Guanabee Staff at 7:15 PM.

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KGBT TV in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas (represent!) interviewed Emilio Navaira’s family recently to see how he’s faring. In addition to learning that his sons are totes not Tejano cowboys, we also learn Emilio has been watching the Spurs on TV with the boys and giving a thumbs up when they score, despite [...]

24 April 2008

Emilio Navaira Update: Emilio Out Of Hospital, In Rehabilation

By Guanabee Staff at 1:30 PM.

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Tejano superstar Emilio Navaira continues his amazing recovery from a life-threatening brain injury sustained during a bus accident on Easter Sunday. Not only is he out of intensive care, he’s out of the hospital.
11 News was there when his team of nurses covered him with sheets and rolled him in for the therapy phase of [...]

20 April 2008

Emilio Navaira Update: Emilio Out Of Intensive Care, Standing And Talking

By Guanabee Staff at 10:55 PM.

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Even more great news about Tejano superstar Emilio Navaira: It seems he’s made amazing progress since being upgraded from critical to fair condition on Wednesday which is no doubt the result of most of the old ladies in the southwestern United States lighting candles for him.
After being in such poor condition that doctors warned his [...]

16 April 2008

Emilio Navaira Update: Tejano Singer’s Condition Upgraded To Fair

By Guanabee Staff at 4:15 PM.

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Here’s some long-awaited good news about Tejano superstar Emilio Navaira who suffered massive brain injuries due to a bus accident that occurred outside Houston Easter weekend. The Houston Chronicle reports that his condition has been upgraded to fair after having been in critical condition since March 23rd. Memorial Hermann, Navaira’s hospital in Houston, still lists [...]

3 April 2008

Emilio Navaira Update: Doctors Repair Singer’s Lung

By Guanabee Staff at 11:15 AM.

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Doctors treating injured Tejano star Emilio Navaira repaired a pseudoaneurysm in his right lung Monday at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. The 45 year-old singer was critically injured when the tour bus he was driving slammed into a series of partition barrels on a highway outside Houston early Easter morning. The Memorial Hermann Hospital website [...]

27 March 2008

Emilio Navaira Update: Tejano Singer Emilio Navaira Is Regaining Consciousness

By Daniel Mauser at 4:45 PM.

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Tejano star Emilio Navaira is just now regaining consciousness after his tour bus crashed, leaving him in need of two surgeries on his brain. Navaira opened his eyes and moved his arms last night, according to a statement by the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment.
And because, thanks to Cindy’s initial posts on Navaira, [...]

25 March 2008

Emilio Navaira Clinging To Life After Bus Accident

By Guanabee Staff at 11:40 AM.

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Grammy winning Tejano superstar Emillio Navaira is in critical condition today after a bus accident in southwest Houston in the wee hours of -Monday- Sunday morning left him and six other band members injured.
Navaira, 45, had emergency surgery to remove a blood clot that put pressure on his brain. After the two-hour operation, he underwent [...]