ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge says he is inclined to release pending trial a couple accused of laundering millions of dollars for a Mexican cartel drug at a small Kansas bank.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten told George and Agatha Enns of Meade, Kansas, during a detention hearing he would free them on a $50,000 bond each if updated information they provide about their assets appears to be satisfactory.

An indictment alleges that between 2011 and 2014, the couple deposited more than $6.8 million into their account at Plains State Bank.

The government contends the couple is hiding assets that they could use to flee.

But a defense attorney says if it weren’t for their 10 family members the couple wouldn’t even have had the money to retain legal counsel.

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ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge is expected to hear arguments on whether to free before trial a couple accused of laundering millions of dollars for a Mexican drug cartel at a small Kansas bank.

A detention hearing is scheduled Friday for George and Agatha Enns of Meade, Kansas, in federal court in Wichita.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten in April blocked a federal magistrate judge’s order in Texas that had allowed the couple’s release. He ordered them returned to Kansas, where the issue of their detention could be resolved.

The indictment alleges that between 2011 and 2014, the couple deposited more than $6.8 million at Plains State Bank. Cash deposits totaled more than $1.6 million.

The bank’s former president and two other former bank employees are also charged in the case.