34-year-old city council member from Reynosa admitted to attempting to smuggle nearly a million dollars worth of cocaine through the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint.
According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Denisse Ahumada-Martinez entered a guilty plea on Friday to possession with intent to distribute nearly 93 pounds of cocaine.
On June 10, Ahumada-Martinez drove a vehicle from Reynosa into the United States to the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint where an X-ray search of the vehicle revealed multiple anomalies.
It was during the secondary inspection area where law enforcement conducted a search and found over 92 pounds of cocaine estimated to have a street value of $900,000.
Reynosa city council member pleads guilty to smuggling 93 pounds of cocaine
