Charges against two former Socorro Independent School District trustees, and the wife of one of the school board members, have been dismissed after prosecutors agreed the indictments failed to state an offense under state law.
Then-trustees Pablo Barrera and Ricardo Castellano were indicted in May 2024, along with Castellano’s wife, Gabriela, a teacher in the district. The indictments alleged they harmed or threatened to harm school employees with whom they had disagreements.
Mary Stillinger, the attorney for the two trustees, said the prosecution smacked of a political vendetta…