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Cellphones of Frio County commissioners, former Pearsall mayor seized by Texas attorney general‘s office, records show

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Additional search warrants were executed last week in connection with the state attorney general’s office investigation into a possible vote-harvesting scheme in Frio County. According to records obtained by KSAT Investigates, Frio County Commissioners Joe Vela and Raul Carrizales, Pearsall Independent School District board member Mari Benavides and former Pearsall Mayor Petra Davina Trevino had their cellphones seized by the Texas AG’s office. Among the other people named in the warrants who also surrendered their phones to authorities is Susanna Carrizales, who is Raul’s mother, as well as Carmen Vela, who is Joe’s sister. In Carmen Vela’s search warrant, she told the state attorney general’s office she harvested votes on behalf of her brother Joe, the Frio County commissioner for Precinct 1, records show. At this time, no charges have been filed against Benavides, Trevino, Vela, Vela’s sister, Carrizales or Carrizales’ mother.

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Cellphones of Frio County commissioners, former Pearsall mayor seized by Texas attorney general‘s office, records show

Additional search warrants were executed last week in connection with the state attorney general’s office investigation into a possible vote-harvesting scheme in Frio County. According to records obtained by KSAT Investigates, Frio County Commissioners Joe Vela and Raul Carrizales, Pearsall Independent School District board member Mari Benavides and former Pearsall Mayor Petra Davina Trevino had their cellphones seized by the Texas AG’s office. …

·San Antonio, United States
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KSAT 12 broke the news in San Antonio, United States on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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