{"id":24977,"date":"2016-07-05T11:50:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T18:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=24977"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:53:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T18:53:22","slug":"two-former-south-texas-school-board-members-sentenced-prison-bribery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=24977","title":{"rendered":"Two Former South Texas School Board Members Sentenced to Prison for Bribery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>DONNA, TEXAS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Two former elected members of the School Board of Donna, Texas, and a private citizen who served as a middleman were sentenced Monday \u00a0for accepting bribes in connection with a services contract held by the Donna Independent School District, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19295\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19295\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19295 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eloy-Infante-53-Elpidio-Yanez-Jr.-45--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Eloy Infante, 53, Elpidio Yanez Jr., 45,\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eloy-Infante-53-Elpidio-Yanez-Jr.-45--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eloy-Infante-53-Elpidio-Yanez-Jr.-45--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Eloy-Infante-53-Elpidio-Yanez-Jr.-45-.jpg 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Elpidio Yanez Jr. and Eloy Infante<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong> Eloy Infante<\/strong>, 54, <strong>Elpidio Yanez<\/strong> Jr., 45, and <strong>Adrian Guerrero<\/strong>, 50, all from Donna, were sentenced to 46 months, 37 months and 18 months in prison, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The defendants pleaded guilty in January 2016 to attempted interference with commerce by extortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Infante and Yanez were both members of the Donna School Board when they committed the attempted extortion, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In connection with their pleas, the defendants admitted that from February to May 2015, they attempted to extort, and solicited and accepted bribes from, an individual whose company provided services to the school district, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span 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