Former Calexico City Officials David Romero and Bruno Suarez-Soto Sentenced to Prison for Bribery
Details Written by IVN Calexico, California - Former Calexico City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem David Romero, along with Bruno Suarez-Soto, a former commissioner on the city’s Economic Development and Financial Advisory Commission, were each sentenced to two years in prison today for taking bribes in exchange for “guaranteeing” a City permit for a cannabis business. In pronouncing sentence, U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo observed that public officials should not “take positions of power to line their own pockets” and that the pair’s conduct “ta...
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