A federal probation officer is expected to a face a judge after being arrested in a cocaine trafficking and bribery case.
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Armando Mora on Wednesday.
Authorities said the 36-year-old Edinburg man worked as a federal probation officer in Rio Grande City.
Federal prosecutors told Action 4 News that Mora is accused of taking thousands of dollars in bribes to conduct background checks on truck drivers for a local drug trafficking organization.
Investigators believe that Mora told drug traffickers not to hire two drivers because they were undercover agents.
A third truck driver was not hired because he was an FBI informant who was on probation and supervised by Mora.
Investigators believe Mora worked for the drug trafficking organization between February and June 2009 allowing them to move 738 pounds of cocaine.
The 36-year-old man remains in custody where he is expected to appear before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Peter Ormsby on Thursday morning.
If convicted, Mora could 10 years up to life in prison and millions of dollars in fines for the drug trafficking charge.
The bribery charge is punishable up to 15 years in prison and thousands in fines.
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