Democratic Candidate Bobby Pulido Linked to Another Child Molester
More problems revealed in the Pulido circle
Tejano singer-turned-Democratic-congressional candidate, Bobby Pulido, has spent the last month denying that he knew anything about the multiple child sex abuse arrests racked up by his longtime accordionist and band co-founder, Frankie Caballero Sr. It seems however that an additional man in Pulido’s orbit has also been convicted of child molestation.
According to court records, music industry promotional materials, and photographs, Caballero’s son, Frankie Caballero Jr., is also a convicted child molester with close ties to Pulido and his inner circle.
Pulido’s denials have been under strain for weeks. Though claiming he first heard of Caballero’s legal troubles this year, Pulido acknowledged during a 2024 interview that Caballero “can’t stay out of trouble.” Video has since surfaced of Pulido describing his bandmate as a “bad man” at a 2018 concert, shortly after Caballero’s release from prison for a 2014 conviction for sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl in Hidalgo County. In that same performance, Pulido cracked a “Penn State” joke with Caballero onstage, a reference that a former Democratic prosecutor in Hidalgo County told Fox News can only be interpreted as a comment regarding the child sex abuse scandal then engulfing that university or a “state pen” reference.
Additionally, Ramon Rodriguez, a Tejano bass player, told the New York Post that Pulido’s denial is not believable since Caballero Sr.’s conviction was “a known fact in music circles” at the time.
Father-Son Child Molestation Duo
According to court records, Frankie Caballero Jr. pleaded guilty in 2002 to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. He remains listed on the Texas public sex offender registry.
Caballero Jr., who markets himself as a Tejano singer, has publicly and repeatedly tied himself to Pulido in his own promotional materials. In bios published in 2019 and again in 2023, Caballero Jr. states that he “grew up touring” with Bobby Pulido:
Frankie Jr. traveled with his father around Texas, performing with countless artists such as Los Chachos, Grupo Mazz, Bobby Pulido, and Jay Perez, which encouraged him to follow his dream of becoming an artist himself.
Current Revolt reached out to a campaign spokesperson for Bobby Pulido who gave the following statement:
“Bobby Pulido has never toured or performed with Frankie Caballero Jr., does not have a personal relationship with him, and has no knowledge of his criminal history. While desperate Republicans fabricate lies to distract voters, they’re covering for Monica De La Cruz — the only candidate in this race who was accused of child abuse under oath in a court of law, had a restraining order issued against her to protect a child, and is a pedophile protector who refused to sign the petition to release the Epstein files.”
Pulido’s campaign is citing an accusation De La Cruz’s ex-husband, Juan “Johnny” Hernandez, made through his lawyer during their divorce. However, the claim was never reported to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and it was never proven in court. Following the divorce, in 2024, Hernandez was indicted in Hidalgo County for attempting to strangle his then-girlfriend. FEC records show Hernandez donated $500 to Pulido’s campaign in September2025.
A spokesperson for De La Cruz told Current Revolt, “Only a depraved creep like Bobby Podrido would hide behind a criminally charged wife-beater’s smears to distract from the fact that he spent decades knowingly exposing our families to convicted pedophiles.”
The Pulido campaign also told Current Revolt that Caballero Jr. did not perform at any fundraiser for Pulido’s family. However, Caballero Jr. maintains a public Facebook photo album dedicated to a fundraiser event for the Pulido family titled: ROBERTO PULIDO FUNDRAISER DANCE. The album has photos of the event where Caballero Jr. headlined as a singer, Bobby Pulido in attendance, and of Caballero Jr. with members of Pullido’s family:
A 2015 post on Facebook tags Bobby Pulido and Frankie Caballero Jr. together in a photo:
A Pattern in the Pulido Circle
The Caballeros are not the only figures in Pulido’s orbit to face scrutiny. Pulido has been separately tied to a figure sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury as a cartel associate. In April, the New York Post also reported that Pulido may have directly solicited a Mexican government official to help him in his South Texas congressional run.
These revelations raise fresh questions for national Democrats, who are counting on Pulido to win back Hispanic voters in TX-15.
Pulido is running to unseat incumbent Republican Monica De La Cuz in the South Texas district of TX-15.
Current Revolt reached out to Frankie Caballero Jr. for comment, no response was received in time for publishing.
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