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Tijuana councilman's bail is set at $300,000 in money-laundering caseUnion-Tribune staffBail was set at $300,000 Tuesday for a Tijuana City Council member who is facing money-laundering charges in San Diego.Superior Court Judge David J. Danielsen rejected the prosecution’s $5-million bail request for Luis Torres Santillan, which described him as a flight risk.The councilman’s attorney argued that Torres had never been arrested before, held U.S. and Mexican citizenship and was married to a teacher working in Chula Vista....According to court documents, proceeds from illegal activity were being smuggled from Mexico into the United States, deposited into banks and then wired back to Mexico.Read More At: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-tj-councilman-20170103-story.html