Hidalgo County sheriff's son arrested in drug trafficking case

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Federal authorities have arrested four local law enforcement officers accused of guarding drug loads in a multi-agency corruption probe that has rocked the family of Hidalgo County’s top cop.

Jonathan Treviño, 28, turned himself in a second time to FBI agents in McAllen on Thursday — less than a day after agents let him walk free as a fellow Mission narcotics investigator already was in handcuffs — admitting to guarding narcotics traffickers’ loads through Hidalgo County, federal authorities said. The son of Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño is set to appear in federal court Friday morning to face charges of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

Formally charged Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dorina Ramos was Alexis Espinoza, 29, a partner of Jonathan Treviño at Mission PD. Both men served on the Panama Unit, a joint narcotics task force between the department and the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, a criminal complaint states.