Category: Human Trafficking
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Human Smuggling, Texas 2020
⏱ 2 min read Saiful Islam, a 39-year-old Bangladeshi national, has been extradited from Brazil to Texas to face charges for his role in a human smuggling conspiracy. Islam allegedly assisted other smugglers by facilitating the travel of illegal aliens from Brazil and other locations in South America, Central America, and Mexico to the US.…
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Re-entry into US, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan man was caught sneaking back into the US after being deported and will face the music in court. Mario Zetino-Alvarez, 25, was discovered by law enforcement in South Dakota on October 21, 2025. It turned out that Zetino-Alvarez was an alien unlawfully present in the United States, having been…
354 Charged in US Border Bust
⏱ 2 min read US border enforcement agencies charged 354 people in Texas with crimes ranging from human smuggling to narcotics offenses. The sweep, part of Operation Take Back America, targeted individuals with prior felony convictions and those who had been previously removed from the country. Among those charged were 114 individuals accused of entering…
Juan Carlos Ramirez, Human Smuggling, California 2022
⏱ 3 min read Two boat captains, Jesus Ivan Rodriguez Leyva and Julio Cesar Zuniga Luna, are facing the music for a deadly maritime smuggling attempt that went horribly wrong near San Diego, California. The pair, part of a Mexico-based smuggling organization, piloted a rickety 20-foot panga with 19 aliens on board, hoping to collect…
Juan Hernandez, Re-entry by a Removed Alien, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 47-year-old Mexican national, Julio Cesar Moreno, is headed to prison for his 8th time after reentering the US without permission. On September 15, 2025, Moreno was pulled over in Britt, Iowa, for speeding and driving without a valid license. While in custody, authorities discovered Moreno’s immigration status and his long…
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Human Smuggling, New Mexico 2023
⏱ 2 min read A stunning 293 individuals are facing federal charges in New Mexico for attempting to breach the state’s borders, with 106 slapped with re-entry charges and 8 accused of smuggling others across. The crackdown, part of the nationwide Operation Take Back America, targeted those trying to evade the law and enter the…
171 Charged in Mass Immigration Crackdown
⏱ 3 min read A massive immigration crackdown in Arizona netted 171 arrests in a week of enforcement operations, with federal authorities charging defendants with re-entry and smuggling crimes. Between April 4 and 10, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought charges against 171 individuals, including 99 for re-entry and 62…
Juan Hernandez, Reentry of Removed Alien, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 40-year-old Honduran national, Darvin Nectali Moradel-Velasquez, was caught reentering the US illegally in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 31, 2025. He had previously been deported to Honduras on October 11, 2016, but managed to sneak back into the country. Moradel-Velasquez also has a dark past, with a previous conviction for…
Juan Hernandez, Reentering US Illegally, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Dominican national who trafficked heroin in Essex Superior Court and then snuck back into the country is now facing time in the slammer. Carlos Alexander Martinez-Jimenez, 49, was sentenced to one year in federal prison for reentering the US illegally after deportation. Martinez-Jimenez was previously convicted of furnishing a fake…
Juan Hernandez, Alien Smuggling, Texas 2020
⏱ 2 min read A ruthless human smuggling operation in Laredo, Texas, has been brought to justice with the sentencing of a 27-year-old Mexican national. Giovana Lozano Hernandez, the group’s de facto chief financial officer, pleaded guilty to her role in the cartel-linked conspiracy to smuggle over 1,900 aliens. The couple, Hernandez and her husband…
