Tag: Human Trafficking
Yahaniel Somoza, Human Smuggling, Texas 2022
⏱ 2 min read Two men from the McAllen area in Texas are accused of running a human smuggling ring, picking up and exploiting illegal aliens. Yahaniel Somoza allegedly transported at least two groups of migrants to a local mechanic shop, where authorities found 15 people. Fidel Cantu-Mendez was charged with picking up 13 migrants…
Lizandro Monroy, Human Smuggling, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen human smuggling operation was foiled in south Texas when authorities caught a 27-year-old driver and his 15-year-old accomplice trying to sneak three Chinese nationals across the border. The teen was used as a driver on June 21, 2025, and the group was spotted near the Roma Observation Deck, a…
Dorchester Pedophile, Child Molestation, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 32-year-old Guatemalan national, Miguel Gomez-Lopez, has been locked up for 13 years for producing and possessing child pornography in a Dorchester apartment, where cops found two missing 14-year-old girls last June. Local law enforcement had been tipped off about a 14-year-old in danger at Gomez-Lopez’s apartment, but they found two…
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…
Julio Cesar Moreno, Re-entry by a Removed Alien, Iowa 2025
⏱ 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…
Joel Contreras Jr., Smuggling of Persons with a Likelihood of Serious Bodily Injury or Death, Texas 2022
⏱ 2 min read Joel Contreras Jr., a 33-year-old Alabama man, was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for his leadership role in a transnational alien smuggling organization operating in the US and Mexico. Contreras, a member of the Guzman Transnational Criminal Organization, worked directly with the Cartel De Jalisco Nueva Generacion, smuggling guns,…
Porfirio Astorga-Rivera, Human Trafficking, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read A massive enforcement operation in Arizona netted 226 individuals for immigration-related crimes this week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. The sweep, which ran from March 28 to April 3, 2026, targeted those who illegally re-entered the United States, those who entered the country illegally, and…
Devin Michael Brady, Human Smuggling, Texas 2023
⏱ 2 min read Smugglers were caught red-handed in Western Texas, where federal prosecutors filed 231 new immigration cases in just a week. From March 27 to April 2, human smugglers and repeat offenders with violent crimes, DWIs, and prior removals were targeted. US citizen Devin Michael Brady was busted on March 27 for allegedly…
Mario Trevino, Smuggling with Concealment, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 53-year-old San Juan resident, Mario Trevino, has been caught and sentenced for his role in a brazen smuggling operation. On October 28, 2025, Trevino drove a tractor trailer to a Border Patrol checkpoint near Sarita, claiming the trailer was empty. But law enforcement soon discovered six illegal aliens hiding in…
Jerry Lee Anderson, Alien Smuggling, Texas 2024
⏱ 3 min read A deadly alien smuggling ring was busted in Texas when two of its members were sentenced to prison for their roles in a failed smuggling operation that left two people dead. Jerry Lee Anderson, 29, of Spring, and Orlin Wilfredo Padilla-Murillo, 25, an illegal alien from Honduras, were handed a combined…
