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A prosecutor is promising to review about 100 drug cases that were dismissed by a state judge who has been indicted on federal charges.
A federal grand jury in El Paso indicted State District Judge Manuel Barraza last week on four counts including mail fraud, wire fraud and lying to a federal agent. The indictment alleges the 53-year-old judge took cash bribes and asked for sex from defendants in exchange for his help in felony cases.
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