Documents lay out allegations of bribery against two members of Fiesta San Antonio royalty
Members of the Flores family paid $54,000 in bribes to civilian military employees to keep a multimillion-dollar government contract and win more work, court documents allege.
Kenneth “Ken” Flores (right) waves to the crowd during his time as Rey Feo LXX. Credit: Facebook / Rey Feo LXX Ken Flores
New details have emerged about the father-son members of Fiesta San Antonio royalty reportedly under federal investigation on allegations of government bid rigging, according to the Express-News.
Citing court and federal records, the daily reports that Kenneth “Ken” Flores and his father, Antonio “Tony” Flores Jr. — both former Rey Feos — along with one of the younger Flores’ brothers paid $54,000 in bribes to a pair of civilian military employees to keep a multimillion-dollar contract to clean Army hospitals.
The men, who are tied to a San Antonio-based company called Allegiance Environmental Services, are also accused of using the arrangement to win new government work valued at more than $80 million, according to records obtained by the Express-News.
Lawyers for Ken and Tony Flores told the dailythey’re in talks with federal officials about the allegations. The feds haven’t filed charges against members of the family, the paper reports.
The new details about the case became public Thursday in a document prosecutors filed in federal court in San Antonio, according to the Express-News.
One year later, there have been no arrests or charges filed related to the case. Cuellar maintains that he was never the target of the investigation and will ultimately be cleared of wrongdoing.
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