Hidalgo County, Texas – In a rare occurrence, one day last month a U.S. District Judge sentenced a crooked border cop to five years of federal time for spitting on his badge.
All
the other features of the same, sad old story were in evidence. The
local broadcast media suppressed the name of the known drug
trafficker who contributed an admitted $25,000 to Sheriff Lupe
Trevino's election campaign, though it's a matter of record for all
to see, filed away in the Elections Office in the courthouse at
Edinburgh. That figure is double what is inscribed on the record.
The
story mentions the fact that Trevino's son, who lived in his home at
the time, had along with other members of the local drug task force
got caught stealing drug shipments from dope smugglers, then selling
the contraband at cut rate prices to certain other dope merchants.
They just didn't give their names, or mention exactly what legal
action the government is taking against them, if any.
The
story did mention that U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez broke away
from sentencing guidelines to give the Sheriff an additional year
behind bars. The television reporters featured her words as she
passed sentence, saying, "You knew that this person was a drug
trafficker," Alvarez said. "You are contributing to the
problem that we have in this county."
"I'm
sorry. It happened. I did it," Trevino replied.
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