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Two Mexican nationals have been charged with human smuggling after U.S. Border Patrol agents caught them helping to smuggle 14 people into the U.S. in the El Paso area. Carlos Alberto Cardona and Pedro Anaya-Anaya allegedly agreed to work for a smuggling organization to avoid paying their own smuggling fees.
Agents found Cardona and Anaya-Anaya after tracking the cell phone of an alien they were helping. The alien had crossed the border on March 25 and was being paid $500 a week to care for the group. Anaya-Anaya had also crossed the border on March 25 and had agreed to work for the smugglers to avoid a $3,500 smuggling fee balance.
Meanwhile, Juan Carlos Andrade-Martinez, another Mexican national, was charged with illegal re-entry after being convicted of kidnapping in El Paso County last month. He was previously convicted of improper entry by an alien in 2018.
U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons announced that 221 new federal immigration cases were filed in the Western District of Texas between April 10 and April 16, targeting human smugglers and those with past convictions.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Human Trafficking
- Defendant: Texas
- Location: TX
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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