Special to El Rrun-Rrun
How was it that Osiel Cardenas Jr., 26, son of Gulf Cartel capo Osiel Cardenas, who is serving a 25-year sentence for a host of drug trafficking charges, acquire a Cameron County District Attorney’s badge and – and despite being a convicted felon – was in possession of a Bersa Pistol, model Thunder 380 with .380 caliber ammunition?
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Those are the questions being asked around the Cameron County courthouse today. Brownsville Police Dept. spokesmen told the Brownsville Herald that the weapon was made in Argentina and imported to New Jersey.
(The Herald's Mark Regan wrote an update on his story late Tuesda saying that Cameron County D.A. Luis V. Saenz said the badge belonged to former Assistant District Attorney Ismael Hinojosa, who is now a defense lawyer who represents Cardenas in a petition for an occupational driver’s license.
Hinojosa declined to comment, citing attorney-client privilege.)
The police did not say under whose name the gun was registered. Federal prosecutors filed a charge against Cardenas Jr. for being a convicted felon who received a firearm through interstate or foreign commerce. They did not say under whose name the gun was registered.
How was it that Osiel Cardenas Jr., 26, son of Gulf Cartel capo Osiel Cardenas, who is serving a 25-year sentence for a host of drug trafficking charges, acquire a Cameron County District Attorney’s badge and – and despite being a convicted felon – was in possession of a Bersa Pistol, model Thunder 380 with .380 caliber ammunition?
Those are the questions being asked around the Cameron County courthouse today. Brownsville Police Dept. spokesmen told the Brownsville Herald that the weapon was made in Argentina and imported to New Jersey.(The Herald's Mark Regan wrote an update on his story late Tuesda saying that Cameron County D.A. Luis V. Saenz said the badge belonged to former Assistant District Attorney Ismael Hinojosa, who is now a defense lawyer who represents Cardenas in a petition for an occupational driver’s license.
Hinojosa declined to comment, citing attorney-client privilege.)
The police did not say under whose name the gun was registered. Federal prosecutors filed a charge against Cardenas Jr. for being a convicted felon who received a firearm through interstate or foreign commerce. They did not say under whose name the gun was registered.
At the time he was arrested,Cardenas Jr. was in probation scheduled to be completed this coming May.
The police report indicated that Cardenas Jr., who was arrested at approximately 2 a.m. on March 14 and charged by Brownsville police for unlawful carrying of a weapon, false report to a police officer and public intoxication.
At the time of his arrest, Cardenas Jr. reportedly displayed the Cameron County District Attorney’s badge inside the Sky Bar & Lounge while waving a pistol in the air, ordering patrons to leave the bar and threatening them with arrest, court proceedings and a criminal complaint indicate.
He is currently being held without bond.