Learn The Truth About Adan Ballesteros

Allowed thousands of pounds of cocaine to enter Texas
Accepted cash gifts from drug informants
Was fired from DPS because of his involvement in smuggling cocaine into Texas

Ballesteros claims that he was fired because of a sexual harassment suit, so he sued for wrongful termination. Two separate courts upheld his termination.

Ballesteros then worked for the Constable’s Office in Travis County and did not disclose his termination from DPS when he applied for his job.

Ballesteros was fired from the Constable’s office in 2007.

Documents and Facts:

Department of Public Safety Documents:
“It is my belief that Lt. Ballesteros has proven himself unfit to continue with this Department and that he be terminated.”
-Walter C. Eeds, Commander, Narcotics Service.
Download Full Complaint Here (pdf)

Testimony Before The Drug Enforcement Administration:
Download Ballesteros Statement (pdf)
Download Armando Ramirez Statement (pdf)

More Official Government Reports:
Download The Investigator’s Report (pdf)

Revoking of Ballesteros’s Policing Powers:

“You are to take absolutely no action whatsoever under any authority that you may previously have had as a peace officer of the State of Texas…You will surrender all departmental property to your supervisor immediately upon receipt of this letter.”
-Thomas A. Davis Jr., Chief, Criminal Law Enforcement Division
Ballesteros’ Authority Revoked (pdf)

The Department of Justice was going to prosecute Adan Ballesteros but decided not to because:

The age of the case
The perceived credibility of the two witnesses testifying against Ballesteros
(because they were criminals and drug smugglers)
The lack of prosecution against the two witnesses

To read the official letter from the U.S. Department of Justice to DPS, click here:

Letter from Us Attorney Decision to Decline Prosecution-1.pdf

Adan Ballesteros Smuggling Cocaine into Texas

Ballesteros and the charges against him for smuggling cocaine into Texas have been documented by the media.

The Austin Chronicle reported in 2008:

“According to DPS, Ballesteros, while working as a narcotics investigator in the Valley in the early Nineties, acted without authority to allow several shipments of drugs – including several thousand pounds of cocaine – to be smuggled into Texas…Ballesteros sued DPS for unlawful termination but lost.”

For the full article, click here:

http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2008-02-22/594840/

Burnt Orange Report in 2008:

“A formal complaint was filed against Ballesteros for five counts of allowing confidential informants to import cocaine without interdiction, accepting cash gifts from a confidential informant, and failing to make accurate and truthful reports to his supervisors regarding his activities.

“In October of 1997, the director of DPS decided that Ballesteros was to be terminated. Ballesteros sued claiming EEOC violations, and lost. He appealed to the 5th Circuit, and lost again.”

For the full article, click here:

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/5038/

Get Involved Exposing Adan Ballesteros

If you have more information on Ballesteros regarding his assisting the smuggling of cocaine into Texas or his getting fired from DPS or the Constable’s office, please contact us.

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