Camp site media.

Thursday, January 9, 1992, Pekas, Texas.

A grand jury was meeting inside the federal courthouse, making a final decision about

whom to indict for the big cocaine bus.

Robert Chambers and his attorney, Rod Puntin, were there.

So was US Customs agent Kelly Cook, who along with DEA agent Dale Stinson, had headed

up the investigation that had finally taken Chambers down.

And Kelly saw another notable face there too, Sheriff Rick Thompson.

He was there, he was there with his wife and there was a lot of people there, a lot

of media there, because there was a lot of rumor that Rick was going to be indicted.

It was a cold morning, below freezing in the high desert, and the grand jury was scheduled

to meet at 10 a.m.

As the hours passed, everyone waited patiently, but there was nothing, no decision.

The clock ticked.

When a grand jury delays its decision, it's a sign that a case isn't so straightforward.

In the jury room, there's a debate, uncertainty, deliberation, argument, dissent.

There's a possibility for a surprise.

It had been a month since Dale and Kelly had intercepted that horse trailer full of cocaine.

And so far, a grand total of one person had been arrested, Robert Chambers.

But no one believed Chambers had acted alone.

The question on everyone's mind in the gallery of the courtroom that day was who else would

go down with him.

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