Feds charge Penitas' mayor with bribery, fraud

Federal prosecutors have arrested and charged Peñitas’ mayor with bribery and fraud in an alleged scheme involving a La Joya Independent School District property.

In a news release, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas said authorities took 38-year-old Rodrigo Lopez into custody as he re-entered the country.

The release does not specify when he was arrested or at which bridge.

Lopez is facing a two-count June 1 indictment unsealed Monday that charges him with embezzling or fraudulently obtaining a La Joya ISD property.

“From March through August of 2018, LJISD allegedly made purchases totaling approximately $70,010 from Lopez’s company Xizaka LLC,” the news release said.

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