BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (AP) -- A former South Texas district attorney's investigator has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison in a corruption case tied to a disgraced ex-judge in Brownsville.
Jaime Munivez was sentenced Wednesday, nearly six months after a guilty plea on two counts of interference with commerce under color of official right.
Prosecutors said Munivez provided fake legal documents to an associate of former state District Judge Abel C. Limas, who pleaded guilty to racketeering last year.
The yearslong federal investigation of Limas has swept up nearly a dozen lawyers and others connected to his court.
Munivez, a former bailiff for Limas, was a criminal investigator for the Cameron County district attorney's office until May 2011.
District Attorney Armando Villalobos is also under federal indictment on corruption charges.
| Suspect | Role | Charged | Guilty Plea | Sentencing |
| | | | |
| Abel Limas | Judge | Mar 29, 2011 | Mar 31, 2011 | August 27th |
| Jose Manuel Longoria | Middleman | Mar 30, 2011 | Nov 21, 2011 | June 19th |
| Jose Santiago Solis | Attorney | April 29, 2011 | April 29, 2011 | August 22nd |
| Ray Roman Marchan | Attorney | June 21, 2011 | N/A | N/A |
| Francisco Cisneros | Bondsman | June 21, 2011 | Aug 8, 2011 | February 22nd |
| Armando Peña | Probationer | June 21, 2011 | July 19, 2011 | March 6th |
| Karina Peña | Wife | June 21, 2011 | July 26, 2011 | April 19th |
| Jaime Munivez | DA Investigator | July 19, 2011 | Dec 13, 2011 | May 30th |
| Joe Valle | Attorney | August 10, 2011 | Aug 10, 2011 | April 16th |
| Marc Rosenthal | Attorney | August 16, 2011 | N/A | N/A |
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