State police learned from confidential source that Reyes set up the filming of the lap-dance video and had it by late January, according to the records. Reyes then allegedly told Alba he wanted an additional $7,000 for the video, which was shown later to Alba, Salinas and City Manager Jaime Aguilera, who, too, has been charged on extortion counts.
Arturo Alba
Angelica Marquez
Two more Sunland Park city officials were arrested and charged Monday in the alleged extortion plot aimed at getting an opponent of Daniel Salinas to drop out of last week’s election.
In addition, the criminal complaints against former Sunland Park City Councilor Angelica Marquez and city spokesman Arturo Alba paint the most comprehensive picture yet of a wide-ranging extortion plot investigators allege involved several city officials. Those officials allegedly attempted to get Gerardo Hernandez to drop out of the race by making a video of him getting a lap-dance and threatening to release it publicly.
Hernandez lost last week’s race to Salinas but he plans to appeal, saying extortion and voter fraud tainted the election.
In the meantime, newly elected city councilors were sworn in Monday, but Mayor-elect Salinas, who faces extortion charges and whose terms of release from jail prohibit him from stepping foot in city hall, has not been sworn in.
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