Dania Olivero, Harboring Undocumented Immigrants, California 2016

North Park resident Dania Olivero was arrested and charged with harboring and hiding 44 undocumented immigrants.

According to a complaint filed in federal court, the San Diego Police received calls from neighbors who were concerned about two vehicles dropping off multiple individuals who then nervously and hurriedly entered the home in the 4900 block of University Avenue in North Park.

When police arrived to investigate, defendant Dania Olivero told officers that she had invited the people over to drink beer. Officers found people who appeared to be nervous, not drinking unopened beer in front of them. Some of the people ran to the back yard when they saw the officers.

Police suspected the people were undocumented immigrants and asked the U.S. Border Patrol for assistance. When Border Patrol officers questioned the people in the house, all but two identified themselves as Mexican nationals without legal status in the U.S.; the other two said they citizens of Guatemala without legal status in the U.S. All were taken into custody.

Seven remained in custody as material witnesses; the remainder are in the custody of immigration authorities pending immigration proceedings.

Defendant Dania Olivero, 51 years old, is a native of Cuba. She faces a charge of Harboring and Concealing, Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(iii) with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and $500,000 fine.

San Diego, California - November 7, 2016. The investigation involved the U.S. Border Patrol and the San Diego Police Department.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/forty-four-undocumented-immigrants-found-north-park-stash-house-resident-charged