FRIO COUNTY, Texas – Several suspects, including the Frio County judge and two Pearsall City Council members, are accused of paying for vote-harvesting services, according to indictment records obtained by KSAT Investigates.
Frio County sheriff’s deputies arrested the following suspects on May 2 after an investigation by the state attorney general’s office:
Pearsall City Council member Ramiro Trevino on one count of vote harvesting
Pearsall Independent School District board member Adrian Ramirez on three counts of vote harvesting
Former Frio County Elections Administrator Carlos Segura on one count of tampering with evidence
Pearsall City Council member Racheal Garza on one count of vote harvesting
Rosa Rodriguez, who the Frio County Sheriff’s Office described as a campaign worker, on two counts of vote harvesting
The sheriff’s office said Frio County Judge Rochelle Lozano Camacho has not yet been arrested, which is why her indictment has not been released. However, she faces three counts of vote harvesting, deputies said.
The vote harvesting and tampering with evidence charges are third-degree felonies.
Vote harvesting, or ballot gathering, is when a voter completes an absentee ballot, places it in a sealed, signed envelope and has another person deliver the ballot to a polling location or election office.
Trevino is accused of knowingly providing vote harvesting services to Camacho in exchange for money, gas, lunches and/or employment with Frio County,” in September 2022, the indictment states.
According to his LinkedIn page, Trevino began working as the Frio County Human Resources Director in March 2023.
Garza is accused of using Cash App to pay for vote-harvesting services, court records show.
Rodriguez, who faces two counts of vote harvesting, is accused of paying Camacho for vote harvesting services in May 2022, records state. Rodriguez is accused of paying for vote-harvesting services again in May 2023, with the payment going to Ramirez.
Segura is accused of concealing 2023 applications to vote by mail “with the intent to impair the availability of the documents and records as evidence in any subsequent investigation related to the offense,” records show.
Ramirez is accused of making three separate Cash App payments to a woman in April 2023 in exchange for vote harvesting, records indicate.
KSAT requested copies of the search warrants from the Frio County District Clerk’s Office on Monday to get more details about the allegations each suspect is facing.
A clerk asked KSAT to pay a total of $32 to run a search for each suspect to see if any records were available.
As of Tuesday morning, KSAT has not received any records from the Frio County District Clerk’s Office.
KSAT has reached out to the Attorney General’s Office four times since the indictments were announced.
On Wednesday morning, Paxton released a statement saying Texans “deserve fair and honest elections, not backroom deals and political insiders rigging the system.”
Also on Wednesday morning, 81st Judicial District Attorney Audrey Gossett Louis posted a statement to Facebook regarding the indictments.
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