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| Texas Border Judge Sets $5k Bond on Politically Connected Mexican Woman Caught with Guns, Cash | |
| 2022-08-28 | |
Court records filed in Webb county revealed that authorities booked 28-year-old Yeishi Moriya Villasenor on August 23 into a local jail. At that time, Moriya went before local county magistrate Leticia Martinez who formally charged her with one count of money laundering and set her bond at $5,000. Records also revealed that Moriya was released on August 25 after a local bail bondsman posted her bond. The case began on Monday at the Juarez-Lincoln bridge in the border city of Laredo, Texas, when a woman driving a 2022 Volkswagen Jetta approached to enter Mexico, a statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed. A CBP officer sent the woman to a secondary inspection where authorities brought a police dog that led them to several bundles of cash, a 45 caliber handgun, and a 9mm handgun. According to CBP, the Webb County Sheriff’s Office filed state charges against Moriya and Homeland Security Investigations is also investigating the case. It remains unclear if federal authorities would be charging the Moriya in the future. According to the Laredo Morning Times, Moriya was going to receive $3,000 to move the money from Dallas to her home state of Michoacan. The case sparked controversy in Mexico since Moriya is the daughter of Artemio Moriya, the mayor of the city of Tacambaro, Michoacan, and a member of the country’s ruling party MORENA. Numerous Facebook posts from Yeishi Moriya show her promoting her father’s political career. The MORENA party was founded by Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) who has been previously quoted as claiming that the war on drugs is over. The Mexican president promotes a non- On Friday evening, several days after Yeishi’s arrest, Artemio Moriya issued a video statement where he confirmed the arrest of his daughter. The politician claimed that at the time of the arrest, Yeishi was with her husband and two children. After his daughter’s release from jail, the family was going to travel back along with the politician’s wife but he lost communication with them and has not heard from them. The politician did not make any statements about the cash and weapons that US authorities seized from his daughter. Related: Laredo: 2022-08-27 Mexican mayor's daughter, 28, busted with $248,531 wrapped around her waist and two guns she tried to smuggle across the border in Texas - she says her arrest was politically motivated Laredo: 2022-08-27 DHS Secretary Tours Border Patrol's Busiest Sector for Migrant Crossings in Texas Laredo: 2022-08-18 Border Patrol opens gate locked by Texas National Guard to allow illegal immigrants to enter | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #9 curiouser and curiouser spelling? 100% and a gold star, 746 dear. From Alice In Wonderland, always a good choice. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-08-28 23:42 |
| #8 "But your Honor, my client is a simple tourist. As the world knows, America is such a dangerous place that anyone coming into the country with less than two handguns and a quarter million dollars is committing suicide." |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-08-28 22:24 |
| #7 Is the judge on the cartel payroll or just hoping to avoid being killed by them. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-08-28 22:14 |
| #6 Late Sunday -looks OK to me |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-08-28 22:07 |
| #5 spelling? |
| Posted by: 746 2022-08-28 21:52 |
| #4 curiouser and curiouser |
| Posted by: 746 2022-08-28 21:52 |
| #3 CIA cracking down on the competition. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2022-08-28 16:45 |
| #2 I bet he only takes cash |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-08-28 15:04 |
| #1 So she walks for $500? Where's the cashless bail! Oh, Texas. The Judge was already paid. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-08-28 14:55 |