Former Bexar County deputy indicted for attempt to smuggle drugs into jail
A former deputy was charged for trying to smuggle drugs into the county jail on behalf of Mexican Mafia members.
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A Bexar County grand jury indicted seven people including a former deputy in the 2019 case where the deputy tried to smuggle drugs to inmates in the jail.
Sheriff Javier Salazar said at a press conference on Thursday, May 19, that the grand jury indicted Armando Trevino, 33, on charges of engaging in criminal activity, intent to deliver heroin and opioids, bribery, and bringing prohibited items into a correctional facility. Trevino was arrested and booked in the Bexar County Jail that same day.
Armando Trevino faces charges related to bribery and smuggling heroin and opioids into the Bexar County Jail.
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The district attorney’s office said in a Tuesday, May 17, news release that six other people were indicted in connection with the case, including Johnny Morales, Henry Lozano, and Jose Sanchez on similar charges. These three suspects have ties to the Texas Mexican Mafia, according to the release.
Three other people Dario Hernandez, Daisy Perez, and Ventura Perez were charged with intent to deliver drug charges but not organized crime because they were not involved with the Texas Mexican Mafia.
“Quite frankly, this subject breached the public’s trust and we can’t tolerate this,” Salazar said.
Salazar said Trevino was originally arrested on May 29, 2019 after law enforcement intercepted a jail phone call to an inmate and one other person to have drugs smuggled into the jail using.
The San Antonio Police Department and FBI watched Trevino in May 2019 as he met with two other people on Broadway and witnessed drugs being exchanged. After his arrest, Trevino was issued a proposed dismissal and placed on unpaid administrative leave on June 27, 2019. He was then given dishonorable discharge.
