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More charges filed in Kickapoo corruption scandal


More charges were filed in the corruption scandal involving former leaders of the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas.

A federal grand jury added charges against six people previously accused of stealing more than $900,000 from the tribe. The new charges include conspiring to oppress, threaten and intimidate members of the tribe who opposed former chairman Raul Garza and his non-Indian associates.

Also, a seventh person was indicted -- Isidro Xavier Garza, the eldest son of Isidro Garza Jr.., the tribe's non-Indian former manager.

The new leadership of the tribe called for the investigation of Garza and his allies.

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Kickapoo indictment swells (The San Antonio Express-News 1/27)
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