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High-Ranking El Paso Officials Indicted
KTSM ^ | 2 Sept 2010 | Anthony Garcia

Posted on 09/02/2010 6:54:04 PM PDT by smokingfrog

EL PASO - It's been almost a year but the drought in the F.B.I. public corruption probe is over. Eleven people have been indicted for dirty politics.

The indictment, just unsealed, lists all of the charges that center around a pay-to-play investigation involving a Health Insurance Company. The indictment alleges Access Health Source kept contracts by committing fraud and bribing high ranking leaders in El Paso.

Here's a look at who was indicted:

Access Health Source business executive Frank Apodaca Jr. and Public Relations Consultant Marc Schwartz. They are both charged with racketeering, mail fraud and deprivation of honest services.

Next indicted was former El Paso County Commissioner Larry Medina. He's charged with racketeering, mail fraud and deprivation of honest services.

Let's not forget about El Paso Attorney Luther Jones, El Paso County District Clerk Gilbert Sanchez, Attorney David Escobar, the former Y.I.S.D. Board President Mickey Duntley, Socorro School Trustee Charlie Garcia, and fellow board member Ray Rodriguez. All of them are charged with racketeering, fraud, and deprivation of honest services.

Finally, the indictment charges Socorro I.S.D. trustee, and current Socorro Mayor, Willie Gandara Sr., and Ysleta I.S.D. trustee Linda Chavez ...

(Excerpt) Read more at ktsm.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bribery; fraud; racketeering
Anybody want to guess which party?


1 posted on 09/02/2010 6:54:07 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Luther Jones and David Escobar. Geez. You would think those two had been around long enough to know how to avoid getting caught.


2 posted on 09/02/2010 6:56:36 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: smokingfrog

Mexican corruption is multiculturalism for government officials. These laws against Mexican-American corruption are racist!


3 posted on 09/02/2010 6:57:42 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: smokingfrog

El Paso must have non-partisan elections. Otherwise, the article certainly would have listed the defendants’ political party.


4 posted on 09/02/2010 7:01:29 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: smokingfrog

No mention of party affiliation means that they are democRATS


5 posted on 09/02/2010 7:09:47 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
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To: Ouderkirk

I can vouch for them..THEY are indeed RATS! Nasty RATS!


6 posted on 09/02/2010 7:51:58 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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