Thread: Former Texas Police Chief Gets 10 Year Sentence

Former Texas Police Chief Gets 10 Year Sentence for Helping Drug Traffickers:

Former Sullivan City Police Chief Hernan Guerra was supposed to be protecting his community, but he was protecting drug traffickers, according to federal authorities.

April 25, 2011

by Elizabeth Llorente

He was the top cop in Sullivan City, Texas – entrusted with, among other things, going after drug traffickers and keeping his community safe from them.

But as it turned out, the police chief who was supposed to be protecting his community was protecting drug traffickers, according to U.S. Attorney José Angel Moreno, Southern District of Texas.

The former police chief, Hernan Guerra, 44, of Mission, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison without parole for drug trafficking, Moreno said.

Guerra was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 2,200 lbs. of marijuana earlier this year after pleading guilty.

According to the press release about the case, Guerra admitted that as police chief, he helped drug traffickers commit their crimes by leaking to them information about where U.S. Border Patrol units would be located, and by dispatching his officers away from where the traffickers would be transporting drugs. Guerra received money from the traffickers for the tips that helped them elude detection and arrest.

“In determining the sentence he ultimately handed down,â€

Statement from ICE:
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-235985.html

Someone keep this guy away from a cell phone when he is locked up.

Originally Posted by TakingBackSoCal

Someone keep this guy away from a cell phone when he is locked up.

You are correct!!