BROWNSVILLE
Relatives of a now former state trooper arrested last month on allegations of trying to distribute cocaine are offering to use personal property as collateral to post his $500,000 bond.
According to court documents, Jesus Rafael Larrazolo's aunt and uncle said they were willing to pledge land valued at $454,842 as collateral for his release.
Larrazolo, 35, the now former Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, is set to be arraigned next month on a count of possession with intent to distribute following his Dec. 18 indictment by a federal grand jury.
According to the indictment, the violation involved five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine.
Larrazolo was arrested Nov. 21 in the parking lot of Best Buy in Brownsville as he was loading his car with cocaine. He had just received the cocaine from another man, who fled the scene, Brownsville police said.
Brownsville police were conducting an unrelated surveillance when they saw Larrazolo with suspicious suitcases that carried the cocaine, according to police.
Larrazolo's relatives, Jorge Emilio Larrazolo Rubio and Concepcion Elisa Martinez Islas said they would not pledge their property if they believed their nephew was a flight risk, according to court documents.
The real estate property is the only U.S. assets the aunt and uncle have, court documents state.
"Mr. and Mrs. Larrazolo would not pledge their property to post defendant's bond unless they were absolutely sure the defendant will present himself in court to answer the charges that are pending against him," the document reads.
As of Dec. 15, Larrazolo's family had raised $5,000 in bond money.
The motion to reconsider bond was filed before U.S. Magistrate Felix Recio. As of Monday, Recio had not ruled on the motion.
Although pre-trial services during a Nov. 26, detention hearing recommended Jesus Rafael Larrazolo's bond be set at $100,000, Recio declined the recommendation and set the $500,000 bond.
During that hearing, assistant U.S. Attorney James Lancaster asked that the former trooper be held without bond because of fears he would flee to Mexico.
FBI authorities earlier said that Jesus Rafael Larrazolo's family ties in Mexico are powerful and wealthy enough that they would allow him to disappear.
2 comments:
What a coincidence that Brownsville police was at the time of the events, it all seems that it was a set up by the truly conspiracy of Brownsville Police Department, what were they doing at best buy everything is just dirty jobs done by the own Police System to wash off their hands they set up this type of crap
Honestly i know this man, and it was a mistake in his life. The government was right to be scared he would flee, because this family is elite and quite powerful in Mexico, and choose not to bail him out, and did have the money too, but did not. He was not the only officer involved and got caught in the act.
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