human smuggling

Miami, FL – Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 25, a Cuban national, was sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison on April 11, 2025, for her involvement in a maritime smuggling operation that …

A 23-year-old Mexican national, Jose Guadalupe Antonio-Arredondo, pleaded guilty to human smuggling resulting in death, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Antonio-Arredondo admitted that …

Greiby Melissa Barcelo-Velasquez, a Colombian national, was sentenced to 2 ½ years in federal prison for conspiracy to encourage and induce undocumented immigrants to unlawfully enter the United States. The …

A Mexican national and a Roma teenager are facing federal charges in connection with a human smuggling attempt that tragically led to the deaths of two individuals, including a 14-year-old …

A human smuggling chase in Laredo ended with the arrest of Melvin Toraya, a man with prior smuggling charges, after he attempted to evade Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) …

SAN ANTONIO, TX — Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, both Mexican nationals, have been found guilty for their involvement in the deadliest human smuggling event in U.S. history. The two …

Cesar David Martinez-Gonzalez, a 40-year-old Venezuelan national, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay $20,560 in restitution for his role in smuggling undocumented immigrants into …

Giovana Lozano Hernandez, a 26-year-old Mexican national residing unlawfully in Laredo, Texas, has been charged with conspiracy to smuggle and harbor undocumented immigrants, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern …

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested three convicted felons in El Paso last Friday during a gang-related operation targeting members of the LA …

Four men are facing federal charges for their roles in one of the largest human smuggling rings in the United States, accused of smuggling approximately 20,000 people from Guatemala into …