Cameron County Sheriff's Department recieves $5.9 million dollar reward

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Channel: CBS Rio Grande Valley · 2012 · News & Politics

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The Cameron County Sheriff's Department has been awarded $5.9 million dollars for their work in Ociel Cardenas Gulf Cartel Drug Forfeiture. Out of the $29 million that Cardenas turned over in cash when he was arrested, sheriff's department got nearly $6 million. Sheriff Omar Lucio said Brownsville Police Department, Cameron County District Attorney's Office and several agencies in Hidalgo County will also get money. Cardenas was extradited from Mexico to U.S. in 2007.

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