Mexican Man Faces Voter Fraud Charges in US

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome in. This is Dallas News Today, where local news meets AI. A 58-year-old Mexican citizen living illegally in the U.S. is now facing serious federal charges for voter fraud and identity theft in Texas. Eliseo Morales Tapia showed up in federal court in Fort Worth on March 25th before magistrate Judge Jeffrey Curitan. Prosecutors say he stole someone's identity to snag a Texas driver's license, Social Security card, and even a U.S. passport then used it to vote in. A tearing county election. Investigators laid it out in a complaint filed March 20th. Morales Tapia grabbed documents from a guy in Chicago, including a birth certificate with the victim's Social Security number scribbled on the back. They suspect the victim's ex-wife, now in Mexico, might have handed them over. The victim had no clue until feds reached out, blowing open how his info got misused for years. This hit closed the home for folks worried about election integrity, especially with

1:02non-citizens allegedly slipping through cracks in voter rolls and ID systems. Fast forward to last year, while updating his fake driver's license in October, he checked yes to being a U.S. citizen and registered to vote. He renewed that phony passport, cast a ballot on November 5th in Taran County, and even landed jobs under the stolen name, also going by Victorino, Savclier Martinez. He's locked up in federal custody waiting on more court dates, staring down up to 20 years if convicted. Multiple agencies like the FBI, IRS, and Texas DPS teamed up on this probe, shining a light on how deep these schemes can run.