A federal grand jury in October Monica Velasco, a 42-year old former elementary school teacher from El Paso, on a slew of charges, including drug trafficking, money laundering, racketeering and kidnapping in a foreign country.
After her sister and two brothers got busted in an alleged murder-for-hire plot involving a man and his two daughters across the border in Ciudad Juárez, Velasco quit her job of 14 years at Thomas Manor Elementary School and went on the lam.
The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force almost captured her at her mother’s home earlier this month, but Velasco fled before authorities arrived. Instead, law enforcement arrested her mother, 63-year old Josefina Gurrola, and charged her with concealing a person from arrest.
Authorities say that they believe that Velasco is still in the El Paso area and has not fled over the border to Mexico where she has family.