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DALLAS (AP) – Almost every top official in a remote South Texas city was arrested Thursday under a detailed federal indictment that accuses them of taking bribes from contractors and sending city workers to help an illegal gambling operator nicknamed "Mr. T."Crystal City's mayor, city manager, mayor pro tempore, one of three current councilmen and a former councilman were all arrested under an indictment obtained by the U.S. attorney's office in San Antonio, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney said.
Thought for sure it would be El Paso.
Funny factoid - El Paso is closer to California than it is to Austin, Texas. Explains a lot.
Except Crystal City TX is over 500 miles Eastward from El Paso, closer to San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Dallas, etc.But what both states do share is typical government incompetence and corruption in particular when racial/ethnic minorities dominate the population. Bell Calif. where the City Manager embezzled big money, was predominantly Hispanic. With an Italian surname (Rizzo) he probably did nothing to dissuade them of the idea he, too was Hispanic.https://www.google.com/maps/dir/El+Paso,+TX/Crystal+City,+TX+78839/@28.6609624,-99.8436049,9z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x86e73f8bc5fe3b69:0xe39184e3ab9d0222!2m2!1d-106.4850217!2d31.7618778!1m5!1m1!1s0x865e35f089b2c90b:0xfdbce2a3f5b46ff8!2m2!1d-99.8281104!2d28.6774795?hl=en
