A former Cameron County employee who was sentenced to 50 years in prison in 2018 for stealing millions of dollars’ worth of fajitas will soon be eligible for parole.

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Gilberto Escamilla pled guilty to stealing the fajitas over the course of nine years while employed at the Derrell-Hester Juvenile Detention Center in San Benito.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice website shows Escamilla has a parole eligibility date of May 24, 2023. His projected release date is May 24, 2038.

Escamilla is currently in the Alfred Hughes facility in Gatesville, Texas.