Driver Arrested for Money Laundering

Sheriff Keith Korenek reports on Tuesday morning around 10:43am Drug Interdiction Investigator David Smith conducted a traffic stop on I10 W/B at the 660 MM near Flatonia on a 2020 Honda Civic Passenger car for a traffic violation. After contact was made with the driver who advised Smith it was a rental car but had no paperwork, Smith observed numerous criminal indicators and received consent to search the vehicle. Smith observed the floorboards covered with debris and bags. A bag located on the floorboard was loaded with multiple wrapped taped bundles of what appeared to be drugs. The driver claimed no knowledge of the contents in the bag. Inside the multiple bundles taped up, wrapped, and vacuum packed Smith discovered the bundles contained cash. The female driver identified as 36year old Guadalupe Martinez of El Paso, was arrested for money laundering and transported to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center. The total amount of cash money seizd was $188,000.