Then Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, in Austin, Texas. Imelda Cuellar, center, holds the Bible for her husband's ceremony.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a powerful South Texas Democrat, was indicted with his wife Imelda on charges of accepting almost $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank ...

Cuellar and his wife, Imelda Rios Cuellar, made their initial appearance before a federal magistrate judge in Houston, where they both pleaded not guilty and were released on an unsecured bond.

Cuellar, 68, and his wife, Imelda, 67, were taken into custody Friday in connection with a U.S. Department of Justice probe into the couple's ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan.

Rep. Henry Cuellar accused of taking bribes from Azerbaijan, Mexican bank. The Democratic lawmaker from Texas denied all the charges. He was indicted Friday alongside his wife, Imelda Cuellar.

The Department of Justice indicted Cuellar and his wife Imelda on conspiracy and bribery charges Friday for $600,000 in bribes they allegedly accepted between 2014 and 2021 from an Azerbaijan ...

Cuellar, a powerful South Texas Democrat, was indicted with his wife Imelda on charges of accepting almost $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican commercial bank, Banco Azteca. The ...

The indictment accuses Cuellar, 68, and wife Imelda Cuellar of accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from an Azerbaijan-controlled energy company and a bank in Mexico from 2014 to 2021, in exchange ...

Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been charged with accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes from two foreign entities, according to an indictment in federal court in Texas.

Federal officials have charged U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and his wife for allegedly accepting bribes from two foreign entities and money laundering, according to the Department of Justice ...

Cuellar's wife Imelda has also been indicted in the investigation connected to $600,000 in bribes they allegedly accepted between 2014 and 2021 from an Azerbaijan-based energy company and a bank ...

Both Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, are accused of taking roughly $600,000 from an oil and gas company tied to the Azerbaijan government and a bank headquartered in Mexico City.