Former La Joya mayor, daughter face new fraud allegations
Federal prosecutors have brought new charges against a former mayor of La Joya and his daughter stemming from various alleged schemes involving the construction of a daycare center and the La Joya Housing Authority.
In a superseding indictment filed Wednesday, former Mayor Jose “Fito” Salinas and Frances A. Salinas, his daughter and former interim executive director of the La Joya Housing Authority, are both facing three counts of wire fraud.
A former city employee, Sylvia Garces Valdez, is also named in the indictment and is charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of federal programs bribery related to a scheme detailed in a previous indictment in this case.
The new charges allege Fito Salinas, Frances Salinas, and other unnamed individuals participated in a kickback scheme involving the construction of Arcoiris Daycare Center.
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