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Why is state Sen. Carlos Uresti facing charges? This news story had the answers months ago

May 16, 2017

Patrick Danner story about Carlos Uresti

In a move that probably surprised no one who’s been reading the stellar investigative reporting of San Antonio Express-News business writer Patrick Danner, a federal grand jury issued indictments today against state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, and others in a criminal case that accuses them of bribery and orchestrating a Ponzi scheme. It was …

How shoe-leather reporting uncovered a bizarre bankruptcy tied to Senator Carlos Uresti

January 9, 2019September 19, 2016

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