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Former city commissioner sentenced for role in bribery conspiracy

Special to the AdvanceMcALLEN — A former Weslaco city commissioner has been sentenced 30 months for his role in a bribery conspiracy that involved city contracts worth tens of millions of dollars, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Gerardo Tafolla, 57, along with former Weslaco City commissioner John F. Cuellar, accepted bribes from Arturo C. Cuellar Jr., Ricardo Quintanilla and others in exchange for official action favorable to engineering companies seeking large contracts with the city.From approximately March 2008 through December 2015, one of the participants in the scheme received approximately $4.1 ...

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