Border Security Politics

Texas Sheriff Martin Cuellar, brother of Rep. Henry Cuellar, was indicted on federal fraud and related charges alleging he and his assistant chief used county staff, vehicles and supplies to run a for‑profit COVID disinfecting company, Disinfect Pro Master, including a roughly $500,000 school‑district contract DOJ says was performed with county resources. The indictment carries potential penalties (including up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 fines on the public‑corruption counts and similar exposure on a money‑laundering count); Cuellar says he will be “fully vindicated,” Rep. Henry Cuellar calls him “an honest man,” and Henry and his wife had previously been pardoned by President Trump after a Biden‑era DOJ bribery indictment — though Trump later endorsed Henry’s opponent.