The former crime victims’ coordinator for the Starr County District Attorney’s Office pleaded guilty to using a county vehicle to smuggle immigrants to Houston.

Bernice Annette Garza pleaded guilty Friday to a count of conspiracy to transport undocumented people within the United States, federal court record show.

Juan Antonio Charles, Mari Cruz Rosa and Magali Rosa were also arrested in connection with the investigation. They’ve all pleaded guilty to the human smuggling charge as well.

READ ABOUT THE ORIGINAL ARREST HERE

According to the criminal complaint, Garza was arrested on Dec. 2022 during a traffic stop in Victoria County after the sheriff’s office there noted that the vehicle registered with the Starr County District Attorney’s Office was making “numerous unauthorized trips to

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