Federal authorities arrested a Texas man who served as Starr County Attorney on a series of charges including extortion, theft, and bribery.
Federal authorities arrested a Texas man 0n a series of charges including extortion, theft, and bribery. The man previously served as the county attorney for a county located on the Texas-Mexico border.
According to a prepared statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, a federal grand jury handed down a sealed eight-count indictment against Canales on April 5. That indictment was unsealed on Friday after his arrest. The charges in the indictment include various counts of extortion, theft, and bribery.
One of the allegations against Canales listed in court documents is that he would request payments of fees and fines in cash or money orders and then deposit those into his personal accounts instead of the county’s account.
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