Tag: border crime
Anthony Hamel, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Vermont 2025
A routine border crossing turned into a nightmare for a 25-year-old Quebec man last week, as Anthony Hamel was sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing a horrifying collection of child sexual abuse material. The sentence, handed down by Judge Mary Kay Lanthier on March 17th, barely scratches the surface of the depravity…
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Smuggling and Drug Trafficking, San Diego C…
⏱ 3 min read San Diego federal prosecutors are drowning in border cases. This week alone, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed 133 charges stemming from the chaotic 140-mile stretch of border shared with Mexico. The offenses range from simple reentry after deportation to serious smuggling and drug trafficking. The volume puts the Southern District of…
Reymondo Maldonado, Meth and Cocaine Trafficking, New Mexico, 2023
⏱ 3 min read Two Colorado women and a man are facing serious time after a massive drug shipment was intercepted in New Mexico. Reymondo Maldonado, 43, Ebajelina Silva, 41, and Tania Maldonado, 42, allegedly ran a pipeline funnelling meth and cocaine from Mexico through New Mexico starting in November 2023. The operation was finally…
Jose De La Cruz-Cardoza, Gunrunning, Texas 2025
⏱ 3 min read Jose De La Cruz-Cardoza, 52, is trading the Rio Grande for a federal cell after a judge slapped him with 15 years for running guns to a Mexican drug cartel. Federal agents busted Cardoza at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry on July 12, 2025, trying to shove eight handguns and…
