Former Deputy Constable Charged with Alien Smuggling

The criminal complaint released details about the crime

POSTED: 07:37 PM CDT Apr 10, 2015 UPDATED: 07:42 PM CDT Apr 10, 2015

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ROBSTOWN -The criminal complaint against former Cameron County deputy constable, Luis Enrique Guevara, has just been released.

The complaint is filled with details about the crime he is accused of committing and the admissions he made after his arrest.
Guevara is now officially charged with alien smuggling. Robstown police caught him with three illegal immigrants from Guatemala in his backseat. According to the complaint filed in the case, Guevara immediately told officers that he was a former narcotics officer with the Los Fresnos Police Department.

He had not worked for that department since 1999. He also worked for the Cameron County Sheriff's Office as a reserve deputy for a few months, but that was 15 years ago. As of Thursday he worked as a reserve deputy for the Cameron County Constable Precinct 1. The constable fired him Friday morning.

During his arrest Thursday, Guevara eventually admitted he was knowingly smuggling illegal immigrants. He said he had picked them up at a Wal-Mart in Harlingen and that he had smuggled illegal immigrants several times before, he said he got paid $2,500 a head. He said both he and his brother smuggled illegal immigrants and that his brother was a peace officer as well.

The constable that fired him says he did not hesitate to do so.

Cameron County Constable Precinct 1 Pedro Delgadillo said, "He's a well-known person here in this area, in Port Isabel. I was in shock and disappointed about it, and we just don't tolerate that. We're here to serve the community, and when you wear that uniform, we want our officers to respect the people and the people to respect us."

Guevara told investigators that his steep gambling debts and the thousands he was paid per head lured him into the smuggling business.

According to the three men Guevara smuggled, they made it past the checkpoint after Guevara told them to hide between the seats.

Robstown police stopped the car for speeding, that leadto the discovery of the three men and Guevara's arrest.

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