Waller County – For the first time since the arrest of Maria Rojas, the midwife indicted on illegal abortion charges, one of her workers faced a Waller County Judge on Wednesday.

KPRC 2 was the only media outlet in court for the development on the historic case.

Rojas was arrested back in March, accused by the Texas Attorney General’s Office of running a network of medical clinics and performing illegal abortions.

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37-year-old Yhonder Lebrun Acosta, who prosecutors say worked under Rojas, joined his court hearing virtually Wednesday afternoon. He is one of eight people indicted last month in connection to the case.

Acosta was charged with practicing medicine without a license at one of Rojas’ clinics in W

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