Final smuggler sentenced for stealing and selling people and for scheme resulting in death
McALLEN, Texas – The final man involved in a fatal smuggling conspiracy has been ordered to federal prison for two separate smuggling events that occurred …
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Suspected smuggler apprehended with $78k worth of cocaine
OCOTILLO WELLS, Calif.- El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a driver attempting to smuggle cocaine through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint Wednesday evening. On …
Border Patrol Intercept International Giraffe Poop Smuggler at Airport
MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Minneapolis – Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) made a rather unusual discovery when they …
23-Year-Old Human Smuggler Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison
TUCSON, Ariz. –Delmetrice Tavion Marquin Taylor, 23, of Mesa, was sentenced on October 3, 2023, by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 33 …
Are ISIS-Linked Illegal Migrants Hiding in New York and New Jersey? Feds Searching
Jennie Taer on August 29, 2023 The FBI is trying to locate more than 12 migrants from Uzbekistan that were released into the U.S. after …
Smuggler with extremist ties helped Uzbeks cross US-Mexico border, US says
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A smuggler with ties to a foreign extremist group helped Uzbek migrants enter the U.S. from Mexico, the White …
Kingsville agents arrest human smuggler with firearm
SARITA, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents arrested five people and seized a firearm in a failed human smuggling attempt at the Javier …
Smuggler jailed for 15 years for California crash that killed 13 migrants
(Reuters) – A Mexican national who coordinated a human-smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 13 migrants in a 2021 highway crash near the …
GOP Rep Forces Mayorkas To Confront Family Who Lost Loved Ones After Smuggler Crashed Into Them
GOP Rep Forces Mayorkas To Confront Family Who Lost Loved Ones After Smuggler Crashed Into Them Jennie Taer on April 19, 2023 Republican Texas Rep. …
EXCLUSIVE: Family That Lost Loved Ones Thanks To Illegal Migrant Smuggler Slams Mayorkas: ‘We Live In Fear’
EXCLUSIVE: Family That Lost Loved Ones Thanks To Illegal Migrant Smuggler Slams Mayorkas: ‘We Live In Fear’ Jennie Taer on April 19, 2023 The family …
CBP at JFK Arrests First Fentanyl Smuggler
JAMAICA, N.Y. — A food courier arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport had a little more than tostadas and enchiladas in mind as U. S. Customs …
U.S. Border Patrol Catches Smuggler and 11 Noncitizens Partnership with Ohio State Highway Patrol leads to Arrest
PORT CLINTON, Ohio – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Detroit Sector arrested a Mexican citizen in conjunction with an alien smuggling case over the …
Alleged Human Smuggler Arrested Following Car Crash That Ejected Illegal Migrants From Vehicle
Alleged Human Smuggler Arrested Following Car Crash That Ejected Illegal Migrants From Vehicle Nino Cambria on February 7, 2023 A suspected Arizona human smuggler was …
U.S. Border Patrol Arrests Smuggler
PORT CLINTON, Ohio – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Detroit Sector arrested a citizen of Honduras on suspicion of alien smuggling on Monday afternoon. …
South Florida Firearms Smuggler Sentenced to Prison
MIAMI – Firearms trafficker Jorge Chica-Giler, 28, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez to 262 months in prison for smuggling firearms …
Monkey smuggler pleads guilty
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 20-year-old Katy resident has pleaded guilty to illegally smuggling a spider monkey into the United States and fleeing from federal law …
Smuggler Tried To Bring Fentanyl Disguised In Tamales Across The Border
Smuggler Tried To Bring Fentanyl Disguised In Tamales Across The Border Jennie Taer on October 13, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intercepted …
Juvenile Drug Smuggler Stopped by CBP Officers
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers working at the Paso Del Norte international border crossing in downtown El Paso, foiled a methamphetamine …
Rare U.S. raid in Syrian gov’t-held zone kills Islamic State arms smuggler
By Orhan Qereman, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Phil Stewart QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) -A rare U.S. helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria’s northeast killed an …
DEA Loses Track Of Captured Drug Smuggler Transporting 114 Pounds Of Fentanyl
DEA Loses Track Of Captured Drug Smuggler Transporting 114 Pounds Of Fentanyl Bronson Winslow on October 5, 2022 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has …
East Bay Resident Convicted Of Abetting Airport Smuggler Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison
SAN FRANCISCO – Lemack Bellot was sentenced to ten years in prison for attempting to aid and abet possession with intent to distribute cocaine in …
Local smuggler sentenced after high-speed ride left six hospitalized
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 30-year-old Brownsville man has been sent to federal prison following his conviction of transporting undocumented aliens within the United States for …
Pesticide Smuggler Sentenced to Three Months in Custody
Assistant U. S. Attorney Melanie K. Pierson (619) 546-7976 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 8, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Felipa Oliveros was sentenced in federal …
CBP at JFK Arrests Cocaine Smuggler
JAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger at John F. Kennedy International Airport had his trip turned sour when U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers …
DCNF Reporter Recounts Interview With Alleged Human Smuggler
DCNF Reporter Recounts Interview With Alleged Human Smuggler Harold Hutchison on August 23, 2022 A Daily Caller News Foundation reporter recounted an interview with a …
Human Smuggler and Four Migrants Apprehended
DETROIT— DHS Alliance Human Smuggling and Trafficking Task Force in coordination with the Detroit Sector U.S. Border Patrol, Great Lakes Air and Marine Branch, Royal …
Those Aren’t Watermelons; Human Trafficker Arrested for Transporting Illegal Migrants
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 54-year-old man has been ordered to federal prison for transporting illegal aliens in a tractor trailer, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer …
Repeat smuggler fleeing with law enforcement on car door heads to prison
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 49-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of smuggling undocumented aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer …
Mexican drug smuggler sentenced for poly-drug case at border
McALLEN, Texas – A 58-year-old Mexican national has been ordered to prison for knowingly and intentionally importing cocaine and meth into the United States from …
Smuggler sent to prison for transporting 26 in a locked near-freezing trailer
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 39-year-old Brownsville man has been ordered to federal prison for smuggling individuals in a scheme that involved dangerous and life-threatening …
Smuggler imprisoned after woman left on the side of the road
VICTORIA, Texas – A 43-year-old non-U.S. citizen illegally residing in Mission has been sent to prison for conspiracy to commit hostage taking which resulted in …
Alien smuggler faces up to life for three deaths
LAREDO, Texas – A 23-year-old Laredo resident has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport undocumented aliens resulting in death, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. …
“Eye in the sky” results in conviction for human smuggler
McALLEN, Texas – A federal jury has convicted a 36-year-old Mexican citizen illegally residing in Port Isabel for conspiracy and transporting aliens within the country, …
South Florida International Firearms Smuggler Sentenced to Almost 20 Years in Federal Prison
Miami, Florida – A Delray Beach, Florida man who fueled an international firearms smuggling ring with guns he illegally purchased at South Florida gun shows …
Effective Law Enforcement Partnership Leads to the Arrest of a Convicted Human Smuggler along with 21 other Non-citizens in Rangeley, Maine
RANGELEY, Maine — On April 14, 2022, in two separate events, U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed in Rangeley, Maine, arrested 22 subjects: fifteen (15) individuals …
Honduran Smuggler Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison
Gulfport, Miss. – A Honduran national was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for the federal crime of transporting an illegal alien within the …
Smuggler Shoves Migrants out of Moving Vehicle
TUCSON, Ariz. – Three Points Station Border Patrol agents rendered first aid to three migrants pushed out of a vehicle by a smuggler Sunday afternoon …
Human smuggler in go-fast boat carrying 200 gallons of gasoline admits to making run to Cuba
KEY WEST, FL – A Florida man caught by police admitted he loaded up his go-fast boat with 200 gallons of gasoline in an effort …
Million dollar smuggler sent to prison
McALLEN, Texas – A 36-year-old Rio Grande City man has been ordered to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than …
Judge Orders Freon Smuggler to Pay $250,000
A Fort Worth man who smuggled freon into the U.S. was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine, announced U.S. Attorney Chad E. Meacham. Faiz Abdallahi, …
Human Smuggler Sentenced for Transporting and Harboring Over 100 Undocumented Noncitizens
TUCSON, Ariz. – Amalia Gonzalez-Lara, 43, of Oaxaca, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins to 21 months in federal prison …
Iraqi gun smuggler convicted in federal trial
DUBLIN, GA: An Iraqi national was convicted on charges of attempting to smuggle guns through the Port of Savannah after a three-day trial in federal …
Migrant Smuggler Hits School Bus
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted four migrant smuggling attempts that resulted in 73 arrests. A migrant smuggler collided …
Smuggler who Assaulted Border Patrol Agents with his Car Sentenced to Prison
Assistant U. S. Attorney Loren G. Rene (619) 546-8783 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Juan Francisco Sanchez-Campos of Phoenix, Arizona, …
Marijuana smuggler who crossed the river in a floating truck sent to prison
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 32-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced …
Absconded human smuggler receives more time for possessing firearms
McALLEN, Texas – A 30-year-old Rio Grande City resident has been ordered to federal prison for possessing multiple firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, …
Narcotics smuggler flees from Border Patrol, crashes into civilian vehicle injuring two
LAREDO, Texas – Narcotics smuggler crashes into a civilian vehicle during a smuggling attempt resulting in injuries to civilians. The incident occurred on the evening of …
Human smuggler arrested for transporting over 60 noncitizens, including 4 children, in box truck
ALPINE, Texas – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested a Las Cruces, New Mexico, man Tuesday in Brewster …
Migrant Smuggler Endangers Children at Arizona Border
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 19-year-old U.S. citizen attempting to smuggle 10 migrants, including three minors, in the bed of a …
Human smuggler pleads guilty to operating Phoenix stash house
TUCSON, Ariz. – A Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to his role as operator of a human smuggling stash house in Phoenix, …