Jim Wells County (KIII news) — Jim Wells County sheriff's deputies patrolling along highway 281 stopped a vehicle about seven miles north of Alice.
Deputies said the driver, 25-year old Isamar Pardo, who also had a child in the car with her, became nervous while talking with the officers, but still allowed them to search his vehicle.
Deputies found about $40,000 in cash which they believe Pardo was heading to a drug cartel in Mexico.
Pardo now faces charges of money laundering, and her child was turned over to a relative.
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