HOUSTON – A South Texas law enforcement officer was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for drug trafficking. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Houston, Texas, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted this Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation. Hector Beltran, 44, a resident of Edinburg, Texas, was convicted on July 22, 2019, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Beltran was a former Edinburg Police Department K-9 officer. In handing down the sentence, the court noted Beltran abused ...