Case 7:17-mj-00807 Document 1 Filed in TXSD on 05/03/17 Page 1 of 2 AOQI (Rex. lli?ll) CriminalL?omplaint Stat-meg: . a- UNITED STATES DISTRICT Cou metm?gw for the FEE-ED Southern District of Texas 0 3 United States of America v. (Imam Case No. M-17-0807-M 0? .i i Salvador Hernandez I )ef?ndamlsi CRIMINAL COMPLAINT l. the complainant in this case. state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. On or about [he date(s) of August 27. 2015 in the county Of Hidalgo in the Southern District of Texas . the defendant(s) violated: ?ode Section Offense Description 21 USC 841 Possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, more than 500 21 USC 846 grams of cocaine. Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, more than 500 grams of cocaine. This criminal complaint is based on these facts: See attachment. RI Continued on the attached sheet. (.?m?uhmm 's sigrmiuri? Jonathan Beyer, FBI Special Agent Primed name and title Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. Date: 05/031201 7 Judge '3 signature cm and state; McAllen. Texas US Magistrate Judge Dorina Ramos Primed name and title Case 7:17-mj-00807 Document 1 Filed in TXSD on 05/03/17 Page 2 of 2 On August 27, 2016, at approximately 6:50 am, the San Juan Police Department received a 91 1 call reporting an accident near Moore Rd and S. Stewart Rd in San Juan, Texas. Minutes later, San Juan PD Of?cer Salvador HERNANDEZ, as well as several USBP Agents, arrived on the scene and found a Ford Expedition abandoned in an orchard. A search of the vehicle located two duf?e bags containing bundles wrapped in black and grey tape. A Border Patrol was deployed, and the K-9 alerted to the presence of narcotics within the bundles. Shortly thereafter, the two duffle bags containing the tape-wrapped bundles were placed in marked patrol unit. Approximately, an hour and a half later, HERNANDEZ delivered the two duffle bags containing the tape-wrapped bundles to the San Juan Police Department. An accounting of the bundles revealed that there 37 bundles. At approximately 9:00 DEA agents responded to San Juan PD and later seized the 37 tape?wrapped bundles. Through an ongoing narcotics investigation, agents are aware that the duf?e bags, which were seized from the Ford Expedition and placed into patrol unit, contained 40 bundles of cocaine at the time HERNANDEZ took possession of the duf?e bags. Subsequently, agents interviewed HERNANDEZ who stated that on August 27, 2016, he had possession of the duf?e bags and the bundles contained within from the time the duf?e bags were placed into his patrol car up until the time he delivered them to the San Juan Police Department. Agents obtained video footage showing that during the time HERNANDEZ was in possession of the bundles, and prior to him delivering the bundles to the police station, he and another of?cer touched and handled the bundles. Additionally, HERNANDEZ and the other of?cer discussed what they believed was in the bundles and that the bundles had not been counted by anyone.