"Eddie" Guerra is the Sheriff of Hidalgo County, Texas.
The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is a local law enforcement agency serving the over one million citizens of Hidalgo County, Texas, United States.
On April 2, 2014, the Hidalgo County Commissioners Court appointed J.E.
"Eddie" Guerra, who was Hidalgo County Precinct 4 Constable at the time, to replace Guadalupe Treviño, who resigned on March 28, 2014, saying both internal and external pressure started building on December 12, 2012, when the Panama Unit scandal broke.
On November 4, 2014, Sheriff Eddie Guerra was elected by a majority of voters to the post he had held for seven months and the victory kept him in office until 2016, since former Sheriff Treviño was in the second of a four-year term.
In 2016, he was up for re-election to a full term.On November 8, 2016, Guerra defeated Republican challenger Albert "Al" Perez on with nearly 74 percent of 165,000 ballots cast, according to results published by the Hidalgo County Elections Department.