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Starr County JP suspended after bribery and drug-related charges
RIO GRANDE CITY — A Starr County justice of the peace facing bribery and cocaine charges has been forced off the bench until further notice, state officials ordered Monday.
The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct ordered Salvador Zarate suspended without pay until further notice, according to court documents.
Zarate, 62, the Place 3, Place 1 justice of the peace, is accused of taking $500 to lower two defendants’ bond on Christmas Eve.
The defendants — a man and a woman — had been arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance.
Read more: http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/starr-county-jp-suspended-after-bribery-and-drug-related-charges/article_5f12d1b2-2a8f-11e5-b934-af4ce9032ca1.html