Third Amarillo cockfighting figure sentenced in federal gambling investigation case

A third individual linked to an Amarillo cockfighting ring has been sentenced as part of a wider gambling investigation.

A custodial jail term was imposed on Salvador Sanchez Chávez, 49, after the case led by United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould uncovered more wrongdoing.

Chávez case stems from wider cockfighting gambling investigation

The case stems back to an investigation led by the Dallas Field Office (Amarillo Resident Agency) of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).