A Texas man has been charged with attempting to smuggle more than 100 illegal immigrants into the United States in a locked tractor-trailer.
Juan Manuel Aguirre, 49, is facing charges of conspiring to transport undocumented aliens within the United States. and transporting undocumented aliens within the United States for financial gain. That’s according to a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for southern Texas on Monday.
Aguirre, who lives in Laredo. south texas Law enforcement officers arrested a large group of immigrants in a white trailer in a warehouse parking lot on December 1. 2. After leaving Officers made a traffic stop on a white truck pulling a trailer. and allegedly found 101 illegal immigrants, including 12 unaccompanied children, crammed in there.
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A truck travels across the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas on June 10, 2019. (Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A Justice Department statement said two migrants reported having difficulty breathing and fearing for their lives due to conditions in the trailer.
Aguirre is facing a 10-year prison sentence for each of the three counts and a maximum fine of $250,000.
The number of people sentenced for alien smuggling in the United States has continued to increase under the Biden administration, reaching 4,731 in fiscal year 2023, according to the latest data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
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Immigrants are apprehended near the border wall in New Mexico on April 12, 2024. (Fox News)
Top 5 districts with human smuggling All are along the southern border. Because Texas accounts for more than 60% of the U.S. border with Mexico, the top two zones for human smuggling are both in Texas.
There were 64,124 alien smuggling cases reported in 2023. Approximately 10% of alien smuggling cases involved unaccompanied minors.
in October Local news source KGNS Reports of a worrying increase in human smuggling incidents in Laredo. This results in high-risk vehicle chases and other dangerous situations.
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The Rio Grande is seen from Laredo, Texas on September 9, 19, 2020. (Reuters/Veronica G. Cardenas)
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at the beginning of last month Texas Governor Greg Abbott launches new billboard advertising campaign in Mexico and Central America. To warn potential illegal immigrants of the dangers of attempting to illegally cross into the United States.
“We are here to reveal the truth to immigrants who are thinking of coming here. The truth is about traffickers who harm many women and children along the way,” the governor said. “The message is, don’t risk a dangerous journey only to be apprehended and deported.”
