Abrego Garcia Pulled Over In Vehicle Owned By Convicted Human Smuggler
Kilmer Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant whose deportation to El Salvador has won a national controversy, was drawn to a vehicle owned by a formerly convicted human smuggler, federal authorities confirmed. Abrego Garcia was suspected of human smuggling after being drawn to a Tennessee highway in 2022, when local authorities discovered they were transporting eight […]
Alleged Human Smuggler Charged with Attempted Bribery of Border Patrol Agent in New Mexico
Currently, human smugglers are facing additional federal charges that they attempt to bribe US Border Patrol agents. A suspected bribery occurred after an agent at a station in Santa Teresa, New Mexico arrested a Mexican citizen for illegally re-entering the United States after removal. US lawyers for the District of New Mexico said they arrested […]
560 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Mexican Cartel Smuggler near Border in Texas
In three separate events in the Rio Grande Valley sector on Border Patrol, agents seized nearly 560 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $18 million. After regular immigration testing, two attacks occurred at a fixed highway checkpoint. The third attack is the result of a roving patrol halt initiated by Border Patrol […]
Mexican Human Smuggler Made Half-Million Bringing Migrants Across Canadian Border to U.S.
A federal judge in the District of Vermont has convicted and sentenced a Mexican national to prison for smuggling nearly 100 immigrants across the Canadian border into the United States. The Mexican received approximately $500,000 in smuggling fees over a five-month period. The United States Attorney's Office for the District of New York announced that […]
Human Smuggler Arrested in Texas for Kidnapping Guatemalan Woman, Forced Labor
An immigrant living in the United States illegally is in a Texas prison for kidnapping a Guatemalan immigrant woman and demanding ransom. Women were reportedly forced to work to pay off smuggling debts. San Antonio police arrested Elvin Roberto Mendez Flores, 38, after receiving a call saying he was holding a Guatemalan immigrant woman hostage […]
Texas troopers catch smuggler who allegedly carried 5-year-old girl across border
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers arrested a man on Friday near the border in Del Rio, Texas, on suspicion of smuggling a 5-year-old girl into the United States from Mexico. Texas State Police said troopers stopped a Dodge pickup truck in Del Rio after receiving information that border patrol had caught a man […]
TX troopers catch smuggler who allegedly carried 5-year-old girl across border
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers arrested a man on Friday near the border in Del Rio, Texas, on suspicion of smuggling a 5-year-old girl into the United States from Mexico. Texas State Police said troopers stopped a Dodge pickup truck in Del Rio after receiving information that border patrol had caught a man […]
Human Smuggler Testifies He Brought 500 Indian Migrants Across U.S.-Canada Border in Four Years
One Indian immigrant testified that he smuggled more than 500 Indians across the U.S.-Canada border over a four-year period. Despite earning more than $400,000 for his role in the smuggling operation, the man will be allowed to remain and work in the United States in exchange for his testimony. Rajinder Singh, 51, testified that he […]
75 Migrants Rescued From Smuggler Boat on Way to Europe
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek authorities said Friday that a group of 75 migrants who crossed into Europe from North Africa were rescued from a crippled boat south of Crete. The coast guard said the migrants, believed to have departed from eastern Libya, were taken aboard a commercial ship in the Mediterranean Sea after raising […]
Migrant Smuggler Admits To Transporting Kids Across Border After Using Gummies To Knock Them Out
Texas women admitted to prosecutors on Friday to running a migrant child smuggling operation that included using gummy candy to help the children sleep as they passed through border crossings. Vanessa Valadez, a 23-year-old Texas woman, pleaded guilty to smuggling migrant children across the U.S.-Mexico border. According to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) press release: Between […]