MADRID (Reuters) – Police have arrested members of a gang linked to a people-trafficking network which smuggled Albanian migrants from Spain to Britain by concealing them on boats and ferries,…
BOSTON – A partner in a Mumbai-based prescription drug company pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to charges arising from his operation of an overseas pharmacy that sold…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol stops a human smuggling attempt in Laredo, Texas. On October 5, Border Patrol agents while working their assigned duties responded to a report of…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station halted two vehicles involved in a human smuggling scheme. On October 7, Border Patrol agents who were working…
EL PASO – Edwin Alejandro Rodriguez, 21, pleaded guilty this week and Martin Najera, 30, pleaded guilty last week to buying firearms and then smuggling them to Mexico. Both are…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Patrick Botello, 36, of Richmond, was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol halted several smuggling attempts at various Border Patrol checkpoints. The first incident occurred on September 29, when a white pickup truck hauling a…
MIAMI – Jorge Murrillo, 69, formerly of Miami, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act (CAA) by importing over 300,000 kilograms…
LAREDO, Texas – A 46-year-old resident of Montalba has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to transport non-U.S. citizens, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Othell…
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a man in connection with an alleged attempt to smuggle two undocumented minors…
LAREDO, Texas – An 18-year-old man residing in Laredo has been indicted on charges of alien smuggling causing serious bodily injury, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Today, a federal…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents stop a narcotic smuggling attempt north of Laredo, Texas. On September 30, Laredo North Station agents working their assigned duties, received…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted six smuggling events leading to 69 arrests. On September 28, RGV agents attempted to conduct a vehicle stop…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo North Station prevented a tragedy by stopping a vehicle driving the wrong direction during a human smuggling attempt on…
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents foiled several human smuggling attempts, apprehending over 40 people during a very busy weekend. On September 23 at the checkpoint on U.S. Highway…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted five smuggling events over the weekend leading to 45 arrests. On September 23, an Air National Guard helicopter…
McALLEN, Texas – A federal jury has convicted a 35-year-old U.S. citizen residing in Monterrey, Mexico, for his part in smuggling two kilograms of cocaine and six kilograms of meth,…
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DEEJAY WHITE was sentenced today to 21 years in prison for his participation in a…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents disrupted five smuggling events leading to 20 arrests. On September 20, RGV agents attempted to conduct a vehicle stop…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted five human smuggling events and identified a U.S. citizen as a possible migrant foot guide. On September 19, McAllen…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents made 20 arrests disrupting four smuggling events. On September 16, Fort Brown Border Patrol Station agents referred a Pontiac…
SAN FRANCISCO – Keith Christopher, Isaiah Wells, and Dustin Albini pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to charges of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and bribery of a…
MIAMI – On September 15, 2022, Didier Perez Perez, Lester Leyniel Soca Diaz, and Yoandy Alonso were indicted by a Miami Southern District of Florida Grand Jury for transporting Cuban…
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three human smuggling events resulting in 281 arrests. On September 15, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC)…
Assistant U. S. Attorneys Daniel D. Shin (619) 546-7609 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—September 15, 2022 SAN DIEGO—Sergio Cervantes-Lopez of San Diego and Remigio Sosa-Laez, a Mexican national, were charged yesterday in…