Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct a claim regarding an El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce endorsement. The organization did not endorse any candidates in the 2024 election.
A 2018 jury verdict against Marketing and Engineering Technologies International, the company headed by El Paso mayoral candidate Renard Johnson , is reemerging only weeks ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
Judgment in the case is coming to light after West Side city Rep. Brian Kennedy, one of Johnson’s main opponents in the mayoral race, used it in his latest campaign mailer.
The plaintiff in the case also contacted the El Paso Times.
A 2015 lawsuit filed by Ernesto Borrego, a former employee of METI, alleged that the company and Johnson, as the representative of the company, violated Title VII anti-discrimination laws when Borrego was terminated after raising alarms about possible discrimination. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.