Husband of 'Bravest Woman in Mexico' Jailed in Texas on Charges of Trafficking Aileen B. Flores - El Paso Times
go to original March 28, 2017

Six years ago, Marisol Valles Garcia stood up to drug cartels as a 20-year-old police chief in one of Mexico’s most dangerous border towns before death threats forced her and her family to seek asylum in the United States.

Now, Valles’ husband, Ernesto Daniel Rubio-Cervantes, is in an El Paso County jail accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and smuggling undocumented immigrants into the country.

Valles made international headlines for being the only person willing to take over the police department of Práxedis G. Guerrero in 2010, more than a year after her predecessor was kidnapped and his severed head left in front of the police station. She was lauded as “the bravest woman in Mexico." Newsweek magazine included her in its list of 150 Women who Shake the World. And a play about her life was staged in New York City.

Valles fled to the United States after about four months on the job. She sought asylum for her husband, her parents and her infant child, saying she feared for her life.

Her husband’s name has never been reported publicly, but a federal document obtained by the El Paso Times shows Valles is married to Rubio-Cervantes, who has been in the El Paso County Jail for nearly four months after he was allegedly caught trying to smuggle illegal immigrants into the country.

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