Scoop: Bobby Pulido headlined school benefit with registered sex offender
Summary
Democratic congressional candidate and musician Bobby Pulido performed with accordionist Frankie Caballero, a registered sex offender, at a Texas middle school benefit concert in 2018. Pulido says he was unaware of Caballero’s criminal history at the time, while Caballero has a long history of sex crime convictions and continued to appear publicly with Pulido after his release from prison.Key Facts
- Bobby Pulido is running as a Democrat for Texas’ 15th congressional district.
- Pulido performed at a 2018 benefit concert for Harwell Middle School in Edinburg, Texas, alongside Frankie Caballero.
- Caballero is a registered sex offender who had served a four-year prison sentence from 2014 to 2017 for sexual contact with an 8-year-old girl.
- Children attended the 2018 concert where both musicians performed.
- Pulido claims he did not know Caballero’s sex offender status at the time of the event.
- Pulido and Caballero have had a professional relationship dating back to the 1990s and toured together even after Caballero’s prison term ended.
- In 2021, Caballero pleaded guilty to assaulting his daughter by restricting her breathing and was incarcerated again.
- The Pulido campaign calls the controversy politically motivated as Pulido challenges Republican Rep. Monica De La Cruz.
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