A.D. Ibarra
-Del Rio, TX
Many of those indicted by US Federal Court Western District of Texas will face The Honorable Alia Moses on April 9th at 9:00 A.M. to either set a court date or plead guilty of charges before them.
Former County Commissioner of Precinct 2 Rodolfo Bainet Heredia, Jose Luis Aguilar and Juan Carlos Moncada were scheduled for hearings on Tuesday, March 12th all of which have been rescheduled and former County Commissioner Eliaz Maldonado and still County Commissioner of Precinct 4, Cesar Flores will both be before Judge Moses on that day as well.
The Western District of Texas will be handling county business in one fell swoop on this day less than a month from today in what has been an unprecedented wave of indictments aimed at Eagle Pass and Maverick County by the FBI which extends as far as last week when Jose Telles, Jr., a local contractor was the last to be formally charged by federal authorities on Friday.
Heredia, who is represented by Scott McCrum, will appear on April 9th for several counts including unlawfully accepting property of another and bribery involving federal programs after being initially charged with conspiracy to smuggle bulk cash into the United States. He, along with Jose Luis Aguilar and David Gelacio have been in federal custody since October of last year.
Maldonado, who faces charges for wire fraud and receipt of a bribe by an agent of an organization receiving federal funds, was able to post bond and has most recently turned in his letter of resignation prompting the sudden replacement of his interim Javier Libson who was appointed by District Judge Dick Alcala, by Gerardo Morales, now acting County Commissioner of Precinct 1 after Alcala dissolved his appointment at a hearing this week when attorneys for County Judge David Saucedo were informed that a vacancy did not exist at the time Morales was initially sworn in March 4th.
Flores, whose resignation is effective March 15th, will be before Judge Moses for unlawfully accepting property of another and receipt of a bribe by an agent of an organization receiving federal funds.
Also on the docket on April 9th will be Juan Carlos Moncada and Javier Gonzalez. Moncada who is represented by Gregory Torres and James Nowlin is a former employee of the County Auditor's office. Gonzalez, a local contractor, faces charges of paying a bribe to an agent of an organization receiving federal funds.
Jose Luis Aguilar will know his fate earlier as his re-arraignment will be on March 27th. Aguilar is represented by Tracy Lynn Spoor, a court appointed counsel.