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Scandal Revisits Texas County As Sheriff is Indicted in Drug Ring

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>Crime and Justice News, </em>October 15, 2008.</font></p> <p><font size="2">"FBI agents arrested a South Texas sheriff at his office Tuesday after he was indicted on drug charges alleging he was involved in a large-scale cocaine and marijuana smuggling operation, reports the Associated Press. Starr County Sheriff Reymundo Guerra was named in a 19-count indictment along with more than a dozen other people. Guerra is charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana." </font></p> <p><font size="2">"Guerra, 52, was added to the indictment after the FBI searched his Rio Grande City offices last month. Few details about his involvement have been released, but the arrest was a blow to the reputation of a county trying to clean up its image. In 1998, Guerra's predecessor, Sheriff Eugenio 'Gene' Falcon Jr., pleaded guilty to conspiracy after an informant posing as a bail bondsman paid Falcon $11,050 in bribes for inmate referrals". </font></p> <p><a href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001AF3eRHLk7WNkTHE7kq9eRF67tVcj_auSDBq5HUKziEUvng4wnlnTQqiN64TAjJ1Ias2kf4Vn5NwVpr4Kv3Vo9sGfwK1nxqfJtk56xf2lVnD-tfCI0qAjYSzYpg9rykEmRElmhm-xDGZmZD8AluDAfGBMeZnjtk6z" shape="rect" color="#0000FF" target="_blank"><font size="2">Associated Press/Houston Chronicle</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p>

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