Hidalgo County bailiff accused of providing fake documents to drug smugglers

According to the federal criminal complaint against him, Marshal of Hidalgo County Court cooperated with drug smugglers to steal cocaine - and used a fake document to hide the theft.

However, detailed information on the case remained sealed until De La Cruz appeared in the Federal Court on Monday morning.

De La Cruz was handcuffed and chained to his waist and stood in front of the US District Judge Scott Hacker, crowded with more than 80 people in court in the face of immigration and smuggling.

Dell Cruze admitted a complaint against him, but did not say anything. When the judge can bail, he will return to court on Tuesday

Santos Maldonado, a lawyer representing Dela Cruz, says: We can not predict how this settlement will be resolved as we have not been able to confirm the evidence of this case at this time. "

Detailed plans to steal cocaine in a criminal action against Dela Cruz and conceal theft with fake court documents

The agent started investigating Della Cruz in October when someone said to Him that "Oscar" in Hidalgo County Court could make fake documents.

"This document lists the incident number and states that it will respond to an investigation that was done at the address of Edcouch, Texas on March 5, 2017," according to a criminal action. "According to this document, as a result of this investigation, an attack of the cocaine 6 kilograms by the Drug Enforcement Administration Bureau occurred."

The FBI agent investigated Hidalgo County Court on Friday, but the criminal action did not explicitly associate Della Cruz's day-to-day work with court # 6 county courts.

When the US Drug Enforcement Administration testified in the federal court in December, the value of 1 kilogram of cocaine was about $ 23,000 to $ 27,000, depending on purity.

Smugglers who wish to steal cocaine from suppliers - sell cocaine to other people, probably steal six figures - ask the law enforcement agencies to grab drugs from time to time

To record false drug depression, they provide fake police reports, search warrants or trial records to suppliers.

According to the criminal procedure, the information provider insisted that he dealt with Dela cruz through an intermediary. The information provider pays the intermediary, and the intermediary sends the money to De La Cruz.

In exchange, De La Cruz offered to the arbitrators "multiple false documents" they handed over to the information provider under criminal proceedings.

In the criminal procedure proceeding, we do not identify the information provider or intermediary, and identify them as "confidential information source 1" and "confidential information source."

De La Cruz has been indicted for conspiracy and is trying to distribute more than 5 kg of cocaine

The joint executive action led by ICE led to arrests this morning including FBI investigators and staff, Hidalgo County District Attorney High Brightness Drug Traffic Task Force (HIDTA), Hidalgo County Sheriffs Bureau, Hidalgo County Police Station. US Customs Border Protection Bureau Air Maritime Bureau, Texas State Public Safety Bureau and San Juan Police Bureau. Cooperative law enforcement work by coordinated multiple organizations in Rio Grande Valley this morning was conducted in the ICE survey. This demonstrates continuous collaborative efforts on dismantling and destroying drug trafficking activities not only for drug trafficking products but also for illegal activities and prosecution of suspicious participants. Responsibility, "Moreno said

Eight Rio Grande Valley men arrested on drug trafficking and money laundering

They said that these officials accused cocaine as "traffickers" "crossing Hidalgo County, heading north along North 281 through the Falfurrias checkpoint." This is a part of tingling of ICE undercover. Each staff will be paid between $ 1,500 and $ 6,000. I returned to the McAllen 's Sam' s club parking lot. The ombudsman is unintentionally involved in the investigation - the newspaper was studying suspected invasion of suspects involved in the story, alleging that the suspect is a Hidalgo law enforcement officer. The project team did an investigation, "Taylor and Ortiz wrote.