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El Paso deacon arrested

that has caught many people off guard. federal agents arrested a lower valley church deacon yesterday. luis carrasco has been a deacon at the corpus christi church for the past two years–and he was accused in a scheme that allegedly involved smuggling tons of marijuana from el paso and arizona. abc 7’s luke lyddon is live in the lower valley with a look at how residents feel about the arrest. rick estela, we are live outside the corpus christi church, and when we asked staff members of the church if they knew about this alleged incident they said they had no idea. according to jail records, carrasco was charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. carrasco is one of 21 defendants involved in an alleged marijuana trafficking ring that federal investigators labeled the adan reyes drug trafficking organization. i talked to a few neighbors about the allegations and here’s what they had to say. sot full “it doesn’t, like i don’t mind…kind of a problem to other people, but it doesn’t affect me.” tag we of course will continue to follow this story for any more updates as they become available. reporting live in the lower valley, luke lyddon abc 7. he was appointed by president obama six years ago … but today we learned u-s

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