2026年7月8日 美国东部时间20:46 / 福克斯新闻
马丁·库埃拉尔被指控挪用17.5万美元县府资金用于经营私人消毒生意，检方称
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得克萨斯州联邦众议员亨利·库埃拉尔试图摆脱其刑事指控及随后获得唐纳德·特朗普总统赦免的风波，但如今却与兄弟的法律纠纷产生冲突。
得克萨斯州韦伯县警长马丁·库埃拉尔将于周四出席听证会，面临挪用县府资金的指控。这起案件，加之库埃拉尔家族的紧密联系，让亨利·库埃拉尔的政治前景变得复杂——他正在该国竞争最激烈的选区之一竞选连任，谋求继续留在国会。
特朗普赦免库埃拉尔的受贿、共谋和洗钱指控至今已过去半年多。
“这次赦免让我们焕然一新。杂音已经消散，工作仍将继续。”库埃拉尔在X平台发帖称，就在当天他宣布将寻求连任。
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得克萨斯州联邦众议员亨利·库埃拉尔，民主党籍，被指控从一家阿塞拜疆控股的能源公司和一家墨西哥银行收取超过50万美元的贿赂。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-罗尔 call有限公司 盖蒂图片社）
库埃拉尔被指控从一家由阿塞拜疆政府控制的油气公司和一家墨西哥银行收取近60万美元的贿赂。
尽管这些指控已被撤销，但随着马丁·库埃拉尔竭力洗脱资金挪用的指控，亨利·库埃拉尔的案件仍然备受公众关注。
马丁·库埃拉尔已提出无罪抗辩，他被指控利用县府雇员和资源经营自己的“消毒专业大师”私人消毒生意，最高可面临10年监禁及最高25万美元罚款。
美国司法部数据显示，2020年至2022年间，马丁涉嫌通过非法手段获利约17.5万美元。
“他们据称在2020年4月成立了‘消毒专业大师’公司，在没有自有员工或物资的情况下，与当地企业和餐馆签订服务协议，”美国检察官办公室写道。
斯沃威尔好友加莱戈为竞选资金资助的超级碗、迈阿密之旅辩护：‘哪里有资金就去哪里’
2019年6月27日，得克萨斯州联邦众议员亨利·库埃拉尔在众议院民主党会议后于国会山与记者交谈。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ罗尔 call 盖蒂图片社）
“起诉书指控韦伯县警长办公室的雇员在县府内处理该公司的日常运营，他们从警长办公室领取工作排班表和设备，在上下班时间内外开展消毒服务，”
库埃拉尔与兄弟姐妹的紧密联系进一步凸显了家族纽带。记录显示，过去库埃拉尔曾利用其竞选筹款机制助力家族成员的公职竞选。
根据联邦选举委员会的备案文件，2022年，库埃拉尔的竞选团队及其领导的政治行动委员会向其妹妹罗西·库埃拉尔支付了1.1万美元，用于其竞选活动工作，随后又为她的法官竞选捐款1200美元。他同样在2008年和2020年向其兄弟马丁·库埃拉尔的警长竞选捐款8400美元。
至少在一位观察人士看来，这个家族的困境彼此关联。
“亨利·库埃拉尔家族最新的法律麻烦证明了一件事：丑闻并未随亨利终结，它们只是在家族内部蔓延，”全国共和党国会委员会全国西班牙裔媒体发言人克里斯蒂安·马丁内斯在一份声明中表示。
“库埃拉尔家族的腐败文化让南德克萨斯州成为一个典型案例，展示了当一个自私自利的家族掌权太久会发生什么。”
斯沃威尔盟友被控用竞选资金资助‘奢侈生活’——包括超级碗门票
2026年6月25日，得克萨斯州联邦众议员、众议院拨款委员会国土安全小组委员会成员亨利·库埃拉尔在华盛顿特区的一场听证会上质询美国国土安全部长马克韦·马伦。（奇普·索莫德维拉/盖蒂图片社）
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House Dem back in the spotlight as brother faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted
July 8, 2026 8:46pm EDT / Fox News
Martin Cuellar allegedly misappropriated $175,000 in county funds to run a private disinfecting business, prosecutors say
By Leo Briceno Fox News
The efforts of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to move past his indictment and subsequent pardon by President Donald Trump are clashing with his brother’s legal troubles.
Martin Cuellar, sheriff of Webb County, Texas, faces a court hearing Thursday over accusations of having misappropriated county funds. The case, coupled with the closeness of the Cuellar family, is complicating Henry Cuellar’s political outlook as he wages a campaign to continue his congressional career in one of the country’s most competitive districts.
It’s been over half a year since Trump pardoned Cuellar from an indictment on charges of bribery, conspiracy and money laundering.
“This pardon gives us a clean slate. The noise is gone. The work remains,” Cuellar said in a post to X, announcing that very same day that he would pursue re-election.
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Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was accused of taking more than half a million dollars in bribes from an Azerbaijan-owned energy company and a Mexican bank.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Cuellar was accused of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from an oil and gas company controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank.
Although those charges are gone, Cuellar’s case is still very much in the public eye as his brother fends off accusations of siphoning funds.
Martin Cuellar, who has pleaded not guilty, faces up to 10 years behind bars and a possible $250,000 maximum fine for allegedly using county employees and resources to run his own disinfecting business, Disinfect Pro Master.
Martin allegedly took home about $175,000 in illegal proceeds between 2020 and 2022, according to the Department of Justice.
“They allegedly opened Disinfect Pro Master in April 2020 and entered into service agreements with local businesses and restaurants despite having no employees or supplies of their own,” the U.S. attorney’s office wrote.
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Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, talks with reporters in the Capitol after a meeting of House Democrats June 27, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images)
“The indictment alleges WCSO employees handled the company’s day-to-day operations from the sheriff’s office, where they picked up schedules and equipment to conduct disinfecting services both on and off the clock with the county.”
Connections between Cuellar and his siblings are further strengthened by their closeness. In the past, Cuellar has used his campaign fundraising apparatus to bolster his family’s chances in their own official pursuits, records show.
According to FEC filings, Cuellar’s campaign and his leadership PAC have paid $11,000 to his sister Rosie Cuellar for doing work for the campaign in 2022 and then donated $1,200 to her bid to become a judge. He has similarly donated $8,400 to his brother, Martin Cuellar, and his campaign to become sheriff in 2008 and 2020.
To at least one onlooker, the family’s woes look interconnected.
“The latest legal trouble surrounding Henry Cuellar’s family proves one thing: The scandals didn’t end with Henry. They simply moved down the family tree,” Christian Martinez, the national Hispanic press secretary for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement.
“The Cuellar family’s culture of corruption has turned South Texas into a case study of what happens when one self-serving family holds power for too long.”
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House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee member Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, questions U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during a hearing on Jun. 25, 2026, in Washington, D.C.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Cuellar’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Having cleared the Texas primary in March, Cuellar now heads to the general election on Nov. 3. Cuellar last won re-election in a 52.8% to 47.2% victory over Republican challenger Jay Furman in 2024.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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