Case Document 1 Filed on 04/17/19 in TXSD Pagel of 2 A091 (Rev. 11/1 I) Criminal.Complaint . UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 2319 for the Southern District of Texas I Dav? Bradley, Clerk United States of America - v. 0 9 .. Mayra Escobar-Salazar 3 case 6 .) . De?zndant?r} . CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. On or about the date(s) of April 16. 2019 in the county of Hidalgo in the . Southern District of Texas ,the Code Section - Of?ense Description 21 USC 952 Illegal Importation of a Controlled Substance [Approximately 2.24 Kilograms of Cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance. 21 USC 963 I 7 Conspiracy Import a Controlled Substance I Approximately 2.24 Kilograms of Cocaine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance. This criminal complaint is based on these facts: See Attachment if Continued on the attached sheet. Complainant ?s stgnatztr'e . to Nicholas c. Stott, HSI Special Agent b1 L- Grew MW Printed name and title 41-?l2?0? 9 Sworn to before me and signe in my presence. . "Data; Grim/2019 . (. I 23% Judge ?5 signature City and state: McAllen, Texas - U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Printed name and title I, Nicholas C. Stott, am a Special Agent of the United States Homeland Security Investigations Case 7:19-mj-OO865 Document 1 Filed on 04/17/19 in szo Page 2 of 2 Attachment (HSI) and have knowledge of the following facts. The facts related in this attachment do not re?ect the totality of information known to me or other agents/of?cers, merely the amOunt needed to establish probable cause. I do not rely upon factsnot set forth herein in reaching my conclusion that a complaint should be issued, nor do I ?request that this Court rely upon any facts not set forth herein in reviewing this attachment in support of the complaint. 1. On April 16, 2019, Homeland Security Investigations in 'McAllen, Texas, (HSI McAllen) received a request for investigative assistance from the US. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Of?ce of Field Operations at the Anzalduas Port of Entry (POE) in Mission, Texas. CBP Of?cers (CBPOs) detained Mayra Escobar-Salazar (hereafter ESCOBAR), a'citizen- of ,Mexico, while attempting to enter the U. S. with approximately 2. 24 kilograms of cocaine concealed within the dash of the vehicle she was driving On April 16, 2019, CBP received an anonymous call reporting ESCOBAR would be entering the United States, driving a speci?c vehicle, with drugs concealed within the dash the vehicle. During primary inbound inspection, CBPOs obtained a negative oral declaration for fruits, food, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, weapons and currency over $10,000.00. ESCOBAR claimed to be traveling frOm Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico to go shopping in McAllen, Texas. CBPOs referred ESCOBAR and the vehicle to secondary inspection for an intensive examination due to a computer lookout resulting from the anonymous call.- During secondary inSpection, a CBP drug detection team conducted a free air inspection which resulted 1n a positive alert for the odor of controlled substance(s) emanating from the vehicle. CBPOs [conducted a non-intrusive X?Ray inspection and-discovered anomalies in the dash of the vehicle. A. physical search of the vehicle revealed a total of two (2) packages concealed within the dash of the vehicle. CBPOs weighed the two (2) packages, which weighed approximately 2.24 kilograms on a calibrated scale. CBPOs ?eld tested the substance inside the packages, with a presumptive positive result for the properties and characteristics of cocaine. HSI Special Agents responded to the Anzalduas POE to assist in the investigation. HSI Special Agents interviewed ESCOBAR, who stated she suspected she was transporting drugs into the .United States and was paid for the smuggling event. ESCOBAR admitted to several previous smuggling events.