May 22, 2015 McALLEN — The case of two Mission postal workers facing an investigation into whether they sold mail-in ballots during the last La Joya school district board election was recently turned over to federal prosecutors for review.

The case focuses on whether the postmen conspired to sell lists of voters receiving mail-in ballots to candidates running in the November elections, including Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra, who denies involvement with the men.

The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General launched an investigation into the postal employees that month, when agents received a video showing the workers negotiating a price with a politiquera working for the Diamond Pack, the losing slate in the La Joya school board elections last year.

“This is an ongoing investigation,” agency spokesman Kenny Smith said when asked of a case involving postal workers Noe Olvera and Santiago Coronado. “The case has been presented to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”

Federal case against Mission postmen sent to prosecutors