HOLY COW!
When the Chicago Cubs open their 2021 season against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field it’s a pretty safe bet that Jesus Camargo-Corrales won’t be in the lineup.
The MLB team’s pitching prospect was nabbed near Vail, Colorado after a sheriff’s deputy observed the vehicle that he was driving speeding and drifting into another lane, it was a costly error for the 25-year-old who was pulled over and it was discovered that his Cubs team duffel bag was filled with illegal substances in the form of methamphetamine and oxycodone.
While Camargo-Corrales may have been able to talk his way out of the jam, his fate was sealed after a K-9 police dog got a whiff of the mass quantities of drugs that were being transported by the aspiring pro who had been assigned to the Cubbies’ minor league affiliate in South Bend, Indiana.
The Eagle County Sheriff’s Department made the pinch on Wednesday; Camargo-Corrales claimed that he had been given $500 by a “friend” in Sinaloa, Mexico to deliver it to Denver.
Cubs pitching prospect Jesus Camargo-Corrales has been arrested after police found 21 pounds of meth in his team bag. He reportedly told officers he was on his way to teach a kids baseball clinic. https://t.co/PdGX81opxe
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According to a report by the Vail Daily, “Baseball player in Eagle County jail after police find 21 pounds of meth in his duffel bag”:
Camargo-Corrales pulled off the interstate into the Loaf N Jug convenience store in Eagle. He and two other passengers told Jaramillo they were on their way to Denver from Phoenix, but provided differing accounts of why they were going, how long they would be there and where they would be staying. Camargo-Corrales told Jaramillo they were going to Denver for him to teach a kids baseball clinic.
Camargo-Corrales told Jaramillo there was no weapons, marijuana or cocaine in the car, at one point explaining the anti-doping policy he has to follow as part of the Chicago Cubs baseball organization. When asked if there was any methamphetamine in the car, Camargo-Corrales said no, yet scratched his head while answering and said that he did not want any problems, according to the affidavit.
Jaramillo got permission to search the car with his K-9 Zane, which took interest in the car’s rear wheel well and then alerted to the back seat.
Officers reportedly found a white bag with cologne and $1,000 held by a rubber band. In the trunk, they found a Chicago Cubs duffel bag that Camargo-Corrales said was his. Inside that bag, along with baseball gloves and cleats, were several packages wrapped in white plastic marked “CO” and two packages wrapped in green plastic, according to the affidavit.
The two passengers were released after police interviewed them and determined they had no knowledge of the drugs in the car.
Camargo-Corrales agreed to answer police questions, according to the affidavit. He reportedly said a friend who lives in the capital city of Sinaloa, Mexico, called him in Arizona on Tuesday and asked him to deliver a bag to Denver, where he would be paid $500 upon delivery. Camargo-Corrales said that he thought the bag had contained shoes or clothing, but had previously said he knew there were drugs in the bag, just not what kind, according to police.
Camargo-Corrales is currently cooling his heels in the slam while he awaits trial and a likely extended stay in prison which effectively puts the kibosh on his baseball career.
