Woman sentenced for role in El Paso-to-Dallas migrant smuggling pipeline
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: May 23, 2023 / 05:38 PM CDT
Updated: May 23, 2023 / 05:38 PM CDT
Feds: Defendants sent at least 124 migrants on locked cargo trailers from Mexican border to North Texas
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The co-leader of a group that smuggled migrants from the Mexican border to North Texas in the back of locked cargo trailers has been sentenced in U.S. federal court to four years in prison.
Ana Maria Villa Flores, a Plano, Texas, resident originally from Michoacan, Mexico, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transport migrants from El Paso to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Federal investigators said Villa, 40, was a leader and organizer in a group believed to be responsible for the smuggling of at least 124 migrants between July 2021 and April 2022.
https://www.alipac.us/f12/woman-sentenced-role-el-paso-dallas-migrant-smuggling-pipeline-409280/
