McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen City Commission had big decisions to make on Monday afternoon.

Whether to borrow $30 million for a water treatment plant. Where to build electrical substations. How to classify more than 100 pieces of property under the city’s new development code.

City Commissioner Rodolfo “Rudy” Castillo, however, didn’t make any decisions Monday — because he remained in jail on federal smuggling and money laundering charges.

“Just the mere fact that he’s a commissioner kinda gives us a black eye,” said McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos. “But it really shouldn’t. Because it has nothing to do with the city.”

Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, which is part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, arrested Castillo on Oct. 3.

Castillo is accuse

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