Calexico Officials Accused of Accepting $35K Bribe for Cannabis Store Permit

NBC Los Angeles is reporting…that one of the officials was touted to be the next mayor  of Calexico

Two Calexico metropolis officers had been charged with accepting money bribes in change for the fast issuance of a hashish dispensary allow, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California introduced.

Elected councilmember David Romero, 36, and Bruno Suarez-Soto, 28, had been arraigned on May 21 through video convention and launched on $10,000 bonds.

The two males are accused of accepting $35,000 in money bribes from an undercover FBI agent who they believed represented buyers looking for to open a hashish dispensary in Calexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated.

In return, they “guaranteed” they might pace up the allow course of for the dispensary and impression different candidates if wanted to make sure the applying was profitable, in accordance with the workplace.

Romero was set to develop into the mayor of Calexico in July and Suarez-Soto was just lately appointed to town’s Economic Development and Financial Advisory Commission.

More at.  https://theunionjournal.com/calexico-officials-accused-of-accepting-35k-bribe-for-cannabis-store-permit-nbc-los-angeles/

 

Here’s the full press release from the FBI

 

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