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According to information from the Office of the District Attorney Roberto Serna on Thursday, January 25 in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit County, Texas, Manuel Monreal was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the

Of all the individuals that were indicted and arrested on charges involving a pay to play scheme in Maverick County, Hector Chavez Sr. was the last one to be sentenced.

Hector Chavez Sr. appeared before U.S.District Judge Alia Moses on  Monday August 21, where he awaited sentencing from a pleading to the charge of Making a False Statement to a Federal Officer; a charge that has a maximum sentencing of up to five years imprisonment.

In Del Rio, a federal judge sentenced 30-year-old Ramiro Martinez was sentenced to 121 months in federal

prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography announced United States

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  On March 8, 2017, in Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas, a jury was about to be selected for the punishment phase of the case of the State of Texas vs. Luis Flores with the offense being aggravated assault after an incident in which he stabbed his then wife in the eyes on February 3, 2015. 

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On December 30, 2016 the Fourth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and 35 year prison sentence handed down to Homero Herrera who was found guilty on January 19, 2016 by a ten women and two men Maverick County Jury for murder.

In San Antonio on Tuesday, a federal jury convicted a high ranking member and a sicario for the Los Zetas drug cartel, of conspiring to commit numerous murders and other acts of violence in Northern Mexico in furtherance of a drug distribution operation announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.; Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden; and, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw.

In Del Rio, a federal judge has sentenced 43-year-old former Del Rio police officer Raymond

Villarreal to seven years in federal prison for drug distribution announced United States Attorney

Richard L. Durbin, Jr., and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge Shane

Folden.

At sentencing yesterday afternoon, United States District Judge Alia Moses also ordered that

Villarreal pay a $3,000 fine and be placed on supervised release for a period of five years after

completing his prison term.

“While some may mistakenly view smuggling and trafficking in narcotics as a path to a quick profit,

the sentencing of Raymond Villarreal demonstrates that serious consequences await those who

engage in this criminal activity,” said Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, HSI San Antonio. “HSI

will continue to work closely with its law enforcement partners to bring narcotics traffickers to justice,

even those in the position of public trust.”

On May 21, 2015, Villarreal pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to

distribute a controlled substance. By pleading guilty, Villarreal admitted that from January 2012 to

December 2013, he distributed cocaine throughout the Del Rio area from his business, Raul’s Body

Shop.

This case was investigated by HSI agents out of Del Rio, TX, with the support of the Texas

Department of Public Safety, Drug Enforcement Administration, Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office

and the Del Rio Police Department. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys

Todd R. Keagle and Michael Galdo.