The charges come months after the Texas attorney general's office raided the homes of several Latino Democrats in and around San Antonio.

A county judge and several other local officials in South Texas were indicted in connection with an alleged “vote harvesting scheme,” according to the state attorney general’s office. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a news release Wednesday that the indictments followed a yearslong election integrity investigation,

Republican AG Ken Paxton has led an effort to probe alleged voter fraud. Latino leaders and others have criticized his investigation as politically motivated.