McAllen https://truthvoice.com Wed, 22 May 2019 08:57:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1 https://i0.wp.com/truthvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-truthvoice-logo21-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 McAllen https://truthvoice.com 32 32 194740597 Texas Cop Accused of Human Smuggling Resigns https://truthvoice.com/2015/06/texas-cop-accused-of-human-smuggling-resigns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-cop-accused-of-human-smuggling-resigns Thu, 25 Jun 2015 08:57:38 +0000 http://truthvoice.com/2015/06/texas-cop-accused-of-human-smuggling-resigns/

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MCALLEN, TEXAS — A South Texas police officer has resigned and faces a human smuggling charge after being stopped at a border checkpoint with two women allegedly in the US illegally.

McAllen police Officer Joan de la Fuente-Garza is in custody pending a federal detention hearing Thursday.

Prosecutors say the officer was off-duty Friday and in a northbound car with two women at the Falfurrias checkpoint. They say the passengers could not produce identification on their immigration status.

De la Fuente-Garza had been a McAllen officer since 2011. She resigned later Friday.

A magistrate on Monday ordered her to remain in custody. The women she allegedly transported were also detained.

Messages left with an attorney for de la Fuente-Garza seeking comment on the allegations and with McAllen police weren’t immediately returned.

This story written by the Associated Press.

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