A former commissioner for the city of Weslaco was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to a multi-million dollar bribery scheme involving improvements on a water treatment plant in Weslaco.
A former commissioner for the city of Weslaco was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to a multi-million dollar bribery scheme involving improvements on a water treatment plant in Weslaco.
The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday three Texas men, including a former Hidalgo County commissioner, have been sentenced for bribing two Weslaco city commissioners to award $38.5 million in city contracts.
A federal jury convicted two Texas men yesterday for conspiring to pay bribes to two city commissioners in Weslaco, Texas, in connection with millions of dollars in city contracts.