Esos fondos se distribuirán al Departamento del Sheriff del condado de Maverick en un futuro cercano y se derivan de una incautación que ocurrió en mayo de 2019 cuando los agentes del alguacil y los agentes de ICE / HSI confiscaron el dinero ilegal de un vehículo que se dirigía a México a través del Puerto de entrada No. 2.
El agente especial y administrador de ICE / HSI, Shane Folden, emitió el cheque al alguacil Schmerber y al Departamento.
Durante la conferencia estuvieron presentes el juez del condado de Maverick David Saucedo, el director de CBP de Eagle Pass, Paul Del Rincon, los representantes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. Nina Pruneda y Monica Yoas, así como miembros de ICE, CBP y el Departamento del Sheriff del condado de Maverick.
El sheriff Schmerber comentó que los fondos confiscados se utilizarán para adquirir equipo táctico para el departamento que incluye chalecos antibalas, uniformes y otros equipos esenciales.
Sheriff dept to receive $164,577 in Confiscated Funds
The Maverick County Sheriff's Department held a press conference on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, where Sheriff Tom Schmerber was presented with a symbolic check for $164,577.44 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Those funds will be dispersed to the Maverick County Sheriff's Department in the near future and stem from a seizure that occurred back in May 2019, when Sheriff's deputies and ICE/HSI Agents seized the illegal money from a vehicle headed to Mexico through Port of Entry No. 2.
Sheriff Schmerber and the Department were issued the check by Special Agent and ICE/HSI administrator Shane Folden.
Present during the conference were Maverick County Judge David Saucedo, Eagle Pass CBP Director Paul Del Rincon, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement representatives Nina Pruneda and Monica Yoas, as well as members of ICE, CBP, and Maverick County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff Schmerber commented that the confiscated funds will be used for acquiring tactical equipment for the department that includes bulletproof vests, uniforms, and other essential equipment.