BROWNSVILLE, Texas ( ValleyCentral ) — The federal government wants to seize a $1 million Brownsville mansion from a drug smuggler’s wife.
Juan De Dios Gomez Gonzalez smuggled thousands of pounds of cocaine through Brownsville, according to a civil forfeiture lawsuit filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas on Monday.
Gomez and his wife purchased the mansion in 2013, according to a deed filed with the Cameron County Clerk’s Office. They paid $330,000.
Located on the 300 block of West Cowan Terrace, the six-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion features a large pool, a two-story casita and a deck overlooking the nearby resaca…