<p>Axl Omar Palacios was a drag show host who allegedly moonlighted as a border drug trafficker. He was just caught allegedly running a drug stash house along the Texas border last month.</p>
<p>Palacios was seen by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents exiting an apartment in Hidalgo, Texas, before opening the trunk of a car that had just arrived from Mexico, <a href="https://www.valleycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2026/02/Axl-Omar-Palacios-Johan-Eduardo-Rivas-Morales-Criminal-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents. The cosmetologist then allegedly began filling a wagon with &#8220;4-6 medium sized cardboard boxes&#8221; that he hauled into the apartment as the vehicle left.</p>
<p>Special Agent Mark Cruz testified during a hearing on Feb. 6 that the car had &#8220;alerts&#8221; tied to drug trafficking, according to <a href="https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/cosmetologist-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-drug-trafficking-charges/">ValleyCentral</a>. Palacios was also a &#8220;self-employed cosmetologist who hosted drag shows,&#8221; the local news outlet reported, who &#8220;frequently posted photos on Facebook that featured makeup and brightly colored wigs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruz also noted that the wagon &#8220;appeared&#8221; to be &#8220;heavy&#8221; as &#8220;it looked like&#8221; Palacios &#8220;was having difficulties pulling it back into the apartment.”</p>
<p>The agents then saw Palacios exiting the apartment again while &#8220;pulling the same wagon loaded with two cardboard boxes,&#8221; which were placed in a car that soon drove away, court documents allege. A sheriff&#8217;s deputy pulled the car over and began a search, finding &#8220;two brown boxes containing 40 packages&#8221; weighing over 100 pounds that &#8220;contained a white powdery substance that tested positive&#8221; for cocaine.</p>
<p>“We located approximately 40 packages total, between the two boxes,” Cruz said.</p>
<p>The driver, Johan Eduardo Rivas Morales, said he picked up drugs from Palacios &#8220;multiple times&#8221; before, receiving a payment of roughly $3,000 for each load, Cruz said.</p>
<p>Palacios was later observed moving the alleged cocaine-filled boxes into his sister&#8217;s apartment in the same complex, according to court documents.</p>
<p>Federal agents seized 77 kilograms of cocaine upon searching the apartments.</p>
<p>Palacios, who is an American citizen, was arrested and hit with federal drug trafficking charges.</p>
<p>Along with allegedly trafficking drugs, Palacios hosted drag shows just across the border in Reynosa, Mexico, <a href="https://www.valleycentral.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2026/02/Axl-Omar-Palacios-Order-of-Detention.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to court documents.</p>
<p>Palacios regularly posted selfies wearing gaudy makeup on his Facebook page. He had worked as a cosmetologist for the last 12 years.</p>
<p>He allegedly admitted to transferring drugs to Johan Eduardo Rivas Morales &#8220;in the past.&#8221; He also said he received between $200 and $1,000 &#8220;depending on the quantity of narcotics transferred.&#8221;</p>
<p>Palacios pleaded not guilty to his charges Wednesday. If convicted, he faces ten years to life in federal prison.</p>
<p>“The case is very early on,” Palacios&#8217; attorney Uriel A. Guajardo said, according to ValleyCentral. “We’re going to just try to see where the evidence leads us, to then determine where it goes.”</p>

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