Guevara wrongful conviction settlements before the Chicago City Council

Former Chicago police detective Reynaldo Guevara is accused of framing dozens of people; many convictions in his cases have been thrown out. The City settles the resulting lawsuits through the Committee on Finance and the full Council, often for millions of dollars.

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Settlement agreement regarding 16 cases regarding Guevara et al. (Or2026-0029301, Order): Final, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Davila v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01739 (Or2026-0029242, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Abrego v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01740 (Or2026-0029244, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Bouto v. Guevara, et al., cited as 19 cv 02441 (Or2026-0029238, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Kelly v. Guevara, et al., cited as 24 cv 05354 (Or2026-0029246, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Flores v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01736 (Or2026-0029239, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Lugo v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01738 (Or2026-0029241, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Martinez v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01741 (Or2026-0029245, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Juan and Rosendo Hernandez v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01737 (Or2026-0029240, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Gecht v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01742 (Or2026-0029248, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Kwil v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 04279 (Or2026-0029250, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Rivera v. Guevara, et al., cited as 23 cv 01743 (Or2026-0029252, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Robinson v. Guevara, et al., cited as 24 cv 05954 (Or2026-0029253, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Ortiz v. Guevara, et al., cited as 24 cv 11057 (Or2026-0029254, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Williams v. Guevara, et al., cited as 25 cv 13620 (Or2026-0029255, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Kruger v. Guevara, et al., cited as 25 cv 14304 (Or2026-0029256, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of McDowell v. Guevara, et al., cited as 25 cv 14635 (Or2026-0029257, Order): In Committee, introduced Oct 5, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Gabriel Solache v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al., cited as 18 CV 2312 (Or2026-0028319, Order): Final, introduced Sep 14, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Arturo DeLeon-Reyes v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al., cited as 18 CV 1028 (Or2026-0028321, Order): Final, introduced Sep 14, 2026, sponsor Dept./Agency
Congratulations extended to Carlos Guevara on 75th birthday (R2026-0026052, Resolution): Final, introduced Jun 17, 2026, sponsor Taliaferro, Chris
Settlement agreement regarding case of Maysonet v. Guevara, et al., cited as Case No. 18 CV 2342 (Or2025-0020787, Order): Final, introduced Nov 10, 2025, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Roberto Almodovar v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al., cited as 18 cv 02341 (Or2025-0018556, Order): Final, introduced Jul 16, 2025, sponsor Dept./Agency
Settlement agreement regarding case of Thomas Sierra v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al., cited as 18 C 3029 (Or2025-0014619, Order): Final, introduced Jan 15, 2025, sponsor Misc. Transmittal
Settlement agreement regarding case of Rodriguez v. Guevara, et al, cited as 18-cv-7951 (N.D. Ill., Judge Rowland) (Or2024-0008238, Order): Final, introduced Mar 20, 2024, sponsor Misc. Transmittal

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Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-10-05 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 5, 2026: "Is that correct? There are three lawsuits that to point out the possible exposure with a runaway jury. There is three cases that went to trial and their total in award from the jury was one hundred and seventy million. One seventy or one oh seven? One seventy. Okay. Approximately when did those trials take place? They…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-10-05 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 5, 2026: "corporation council to enter into and execute a settlement order in the following 16 cases they're all gavara cases uh the uh and it's buto flores juan and rosinda hernandez lugo devia abrigo martinez kelly getch quill rivera robinson ortiz williams kruger and mcdowell we are joined by deputy corporation council jessic…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-10-05 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 5, 2026: "The parties began discussions to resolve these cases over 10 months ago. One federal district court judge, Judge Mary Rowland, agreed to lead the mediation efforts, and she was instrumental in reaching the ultimate figure. Although this mass settlement is a tremendous amount of money, the city's potential liability is…"
City Council meeting, 2026-09-23 (video transcript), Transcript, Sep 23, 2026: "same motion that was applied to item number two. So ordered. Item number 23C is an order authorizing the corporation council to enter into and execute a settlement order in the case of Gabriel Solache versus Ronaldo Guevara et al., case number 18CV2312, in the amount of $6 million. I move passage of this item by the sa…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2024-03-18 (video transcript), Transcript, Mar 18, 2024: "alderman kud Alderman Knudsen Alderman Martin alderman silverstreet Alderman Silverstein. Yes. chairman dowels a yes the item passes committee by a vote of 2145 against uh, we will report this out at the next city council meeting. Thank you very much Caroline. the next uh settlement 13 Settlement 13B is Rodriguez versu…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-02-11 (video transcript), Transcript, Feb 11, 2026: "deputy Corporation Counsel. Good morning chair Before you start, um, alderman Curtis, we will count you towards Quorum and Alderman Vasquez, we have you. All right, you may go. Good morning, chair. Um, before I begin on the specific matter, as you can see, there are four related matters that we are asking for settlemen…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2024-03-18 (video transcript), Transcript, Mar 18, 2024: "not testifying and he is asserting the Fifth Amendment. Unfortunately his partner. Unfortunately his partner in this investigation Earnest Halverson. Halverson who would have had knowledge of the events is deceased. deceased and so he cannot provide any of the allegations. also others who would have had their calm who…"
CARE Expansion Online Announcement 10.2.26, Mayor's video, Oct 2, 2026: "The meeting happened yesterday, right? Yeah. We're always going to remain in conversation with all of the stakeholders. Okay. Now my question. Just trying to help my colleague. Could you explain why you're proposing a mass settlement in the Guevara cases and also, like, how does it fit into the budget? it well well lis…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-10-05 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 5, 2026: "Now, and all but two of them have certificates of innocence? That's correct. And what were the years in question based on the harms caused by Detective Guevara that are at issue here? You mean the... When was the activity that has caused the city this liability? When did that stuff take place? Understood. Between 1987…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2025-07-14 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 14, 2025: "that they lived together. that they lived together where they buddies where they estranged from each other. estranged from each other, and just happened to bump into each other and shoot a cop. I mean, what was, what was the deal? Um, um I believe uh I don't know how close they were, but um, I believe uh, I don't know…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-09-14 (video transcript), Transcript, Sep 14, 2026: "Ultimately, the question is, did Guevara commit the misconduct that he is accused of? The question in these cases is not whether the plaintiffs are innocent. They don't have to prove that to get damages. What they have to prove is that the misconduct they allege is more likely than not true. So with Mr. Guevara taking…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-10-05 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 5, 2026: "As you accurately stated, the city of Chicago hired, the law department hired outside counsel to evaluate individual Guevara cases. So there are dozens of memos about pending and previous and possible future litigation. So these are not, it's not an evaluated report as much as it is legal counsel that have, at the time…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-10-05 (video transcript), Transcript, Oct 5, 2026: "Yeah, there are 41 pending. This would resolve 16 of them. And as I mentioned, we have another two that we've reached individual settlements that are waiting to be presented to this body. So assuming all the 16 and those two in the Q pass, we would be down to 23. So 23 cases, all basically similar fact patterns for wha…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-09-14, Agenda, Sep 14, 2026: "Case No. 2024 L 011910. Amount: $6,000,000. - C. Gabriel Solache v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al., Case No. 18 CV 2312. Amount: $6,000,000. - D. Arturo DeLeon-Reyes v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al., Case No. 18 CV 1028. Amount: $7,750,000. MAYOR’S OFFICE - 6. A communication, introduced by Mayor Brandon Johnson, appointing Marsh…" Document
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-02-11 (video transcript), Transcript, Feb 11, 2026: "and thus could not provide testimony in this case. If settlement is not authorized, the party will see proceed. The parties will proceed to trial where Diaz will likely seek at least 15 to $30 million. The city would be responsible for Diaz's attorney's fees if he were to succeed, which could be approximately three to…"
City Council meeting, 2026-02-18 (video transcript), Transcript, Feb 18, 2026: "the same motion. >> MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON: Hearing no objection, so ordered. >> PAT DOWELL: Item No. 8D is an order authorizing the corporation counsel to enter into and execute a settlement order in the case of Ariel Gomez versus Guevera, case No. >> PAT DOWELL: Item No. 8D is an order authorizing the corporation coun…"
City Council meeting, 2026-09-23 (video transcript), Transcript, Sep 23, 2026: "But I've known way too many people who have had hands placed on them, things done to them in the name of the law, in the name of our name as the City of Chicago, and those individuals do deserve their just due. And so I would ask for us to support this because we know that this isn't the end of that train. We're somewh…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2025-05-19 (video transcript), Transcript, May 19, 2025: "case number 18, seavey 81444 and the amount of 8.25 million Uh, Jessica Felker from the Department of law is here to give us that account. Miss Felker? Yes, good afternoon. My name is Jessica Felker. I'm the deputy Corporation Council in the federal civil rights. Litigation division, I'm here to present John vez versus…"
City Council meeting, 2025-07-16 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 16, 2025: "and execute a settlement order in the case of Jackie Wilson versus John Burge, et al in the amount of $12.7 million. Alderman Conway of the 34th Ward recused himself from voting on this matter under Rule 14, as he worked with Nick Ko at the state's attorney's office for four years in the public corruption slash Financi…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-09-14 (video transcript), Transcript, Sep 14, 2026: "and Guevara will assert his Fifth Amendment privilege and decline to testify. The recommendations in these cases is based on the risk to the city if this is taken to trial. If these cases went to trial, plaintiff would likely seek $20 to $40 million per plaintiff. The city would be responsible for plaintiff's attorney'…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2024-09-16 (video transcript), Transcript, Sep 16, 2024: "remaining against him, we've settled uh I believe 6 in the last year, okay? So there's only 6 remaining for budro, correct, right. So then that's What's? now, we had budro gavara and, um, and Burge. Okay. Um again this just speaks to the fact that we got to get a plan here. Um Okay, thank you. Thank you, sorry. Um, we…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2025-07-14 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 14, 2025: "conviction lawsuit arising from his and Co his co-defendants, William Negron. co-defendants. William Negron conviction for the 1994 double murder. Former detective, Ronaldo. Former detective. Ronaldo Goa was 1 of the investigators involved. In this case in involved in this case in 2017 almodovar's. And any involved in…"
Committee on Finance meeting, 2026-07-13 (video transcript), Transcript, Jul 13, 2026: "placed on file with the clerk. Item number five is from the Department of Law. It's one proposed order authorizing the corporation council to enter into and execute a settlement order in the following case: Albert Ochoa versus Jose Lopez et al., case number 20CV2977 in the amount of $9 million. We're joined by Jessica…"
City Council meeting, 2026-09-23, Agenda, Sep 23, 2026: ",000. C. Gabriel So/ache v. Revnaldo Guevara, et al., Case No. 18 CV 23 12 .Amount: $6,000,000. D. Arturo DeLeon-Reyes v. Reynaldo Guevara, et al. , Case No. 18 CV 1028.Amount: $7,750,000.Page 2 of 3 AL DER MAN PAT DOWELL CHAIR MANJ\IIAYOR'S OFFICEC I TY O F CH I CAGO *COMMITTEE ON FINANCECITY COU NCI L CITY HA LL - RO…" Document
Committee on Finance meeting, 2025-11-10 (video transcript), Transcript, Nov 10, 2025: "Thank you. Mm-hmm. Thank you Alderman Hopkins. Seeing no other questions, can I get a, a motion for approval of this item? Item two B. So moved by Alderman Mitchell. Recommending do pass. All those in favor signify by saying Aye. Aye. And the, uh, all those opposed and the opinion of the chair, the ayes habit, the Do P…"

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