Hmmm...I've never seen that much cash all to onc't, let alone come close to holdin' it. No, that surely ain't normal for these parts.
Posted on 03/04/2005 1:26:39 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Hector David Herrera Martinez sticks by this story: Someone left on his doorstep the $283,473 that Kimble County sheriff's deputies found in the car he was driving.
But authorities believe Herrera, 40, had illicit intentions in mind –- traveling to Mexico without reporting the cash that deputies near Junction seized following a traffic stop on Feb. 17.
A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Herrera this week on a charge of smuggling bulk currency, and he's expected to make his first federal court appearance in San Antonio in the coming week.
Herrera, who lists an address in Bartlesville, Okla., is listed in a Kimble County report as an undocumented immigrant and is being held at the Kimble County Jail on an immigration detainer, and for suspicion of money laundering, a state charge.
The accusations were leveled against him after Deputy Billy Hull found more than $280,000 in a safe in the trunk of a 1987 Lincoln Town Car that Herrera was driving. Herrera was pulled over for allegedly changing lanes improperly, a police report said.
Upon searching the vehicle further, Hull found $3,478 under two of the seats in the car.
In a signed statement, Herrera said someone left the cash on his doorstep.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- gcontreras@express-news.net
So, it's illegal to have money in your car?
I wonder if GW can find a willing employer for this willing employee?
Porous Border Ping!
Please let me know if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.
No, it's illegal to sweat in Kimble County!;^)
Hardly the wages being sent home to Mexico that are earned by our illegal aliens....They use money orders.
This one is likely a dope dealer or a dope dealers employee......
"In a signed statement, Herrera said someone left the cash on his doorstep. "
I for one do not believe him.
I can't wait to get home and check my doorstep!
he is only giving half the story
sure someone left it on his doorstep
right after he put the dope in their trunk
I accidentally left it on his doorstop, and I want it back!
El Presidente Fox's wife is going to be furious. This was her cut of sales from the North Central Region for the third week of February. Black History Month is ALWAYS a good month. IIRC, the cash will be confiscated by the apprehending agency and spent to "further police efforts." When Fox's representative (with political immunity) knocks on the Court House door to ask for Sra. Fox's money back, or at least part of it, it will be too late. Oh, well, ther's all the other regions and all those other weeks.
Hmmm...I've never seen that much cash all to onc't, let alone come close to holdin' it. No, that surely ain't normal for these parts.
I've never gotten that lucky.
Yes, it is illegal to carry sums if cash over 10K without showing where it came from.
Too many money lauder that way.
That's a lotta work at eight bucks an hour!
Sounds to me that under the confiscation law Kimble County Sheriff just got a good sized budget increase. he-he-he! Don't ya love it?!
"In a signed statement, Herrera said someone left the cash on his doorstep."
The drug money laundering fairy left it.
Watch Lou Dobbs tonight and listen to Cong. Ortiz D.Texas, on the border committee. He gets it. Especially about MS-13. I suppose someone will call him a racist.
TONIGHTS POLL:
Do you believe there can be homeland security without control of U.S. borders?
Yes 2% 33 votes (NO COMMENT!)
No 98% 1695 votes
Total: 1728 votes
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
If you can get your hands on $10,001 dollars (preferably cash), go to the bank and deposit it.
:)
Dare you!
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