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Calexico, California - Former Calexico City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem David Romero, along with Bruno Suarez-Soto, a former commissioner on the city’s Economic Development and Financial Advisory Commission, were each sentenced to two years in prison today for taking bribes in exchange for “guaranteeing” a City permit for a cannabis business.
In pronouncing sentence, U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo observed that public officials should not “take positions of power to line their own pockets” and that the pair’s conduct “taints how we hope to believe democracy works.”
Romero and Suarez-Soto, both Calexico residents, previously pleaded guilty on June 11, 2020 to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. Per their plea agreements, Romero and Suarez-Soto accepted $35,000 in cash bribes from an undercover FBI agent whom they believed represented investors seeking to open a cannabis dispensary in Calexico. I
CALEXICO â Former Calexico City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem David Romero and Bruno Suarez-Soto, a former commissioner on the cityâs Economic Development and Financial Advisory Commission, were each sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for taking bribes in exchange for guaranteeing a city permit for a cannabis business.
In announcing the sentences, U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo said public officials should not take positions of power to line their own pockets and that the pairâs conduct âtaints how we hope to believe democracy works.â
Romero. 37, and Suarez-Soto, 29, both Calexico residents, pleaded guilty on June 11 to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery.
EXCLUSIVE: Calexico mayor served with recall notice
Courtesy: City of Calexico
Notice served on same day former Mayor Pro Tem sentenced to prison time - News 11 s Wiley Jawhary reports
CALEXICO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Calexico s controversial mayor has been served with notice she s being recalled.
Community activist Gilberto Manzanarez served Mayor Rosie Fernandez with the recall papers during Wednesday night s city council meeting. The group CalexicoNeedsChange posted video of Manzanarez serving the mayor with the notice:
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) arrested Fernandez for DUI in July of 2019 after an accident on Highway 111. She got hurt, the other driver did not. She pleaded guilty to the charges in January of 2020, and served probation and community service.