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Prosecutor says ropa usada businessman purchased guns for La Familia cartel

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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — New details surfaced Tuesday about the arrest of a couple accused of running an illegal ropa usada business in Pharr. Fernando Mireles, 32, of San Juan and his wife, Yarely Sanchez Carbajal, sold used clothing — known in Spanish as ropa usada — from a warehouse on So…

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    McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — New details surfaced Tuesday about the arrest of a couple accused of running an illegal ropa usada business in Pharr. Fernando Mireles, 32, of San Juan and his wife, Yarely Sanchez Carbajal, sold used clothing — known in Spanish as ropa usada — from a warehouse on So…

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