Venezuelan asylum-seekers charged with migrant smuggling
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Mar 1, 2024 / 03:38 PM CST
Updated: Mar 1, 2024 / 03:38 PM CST
Driver says smugglers recruited him at refuge after release by CBP; companion admits to transporting unauthorized migrants before
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two Venezuelan nationals who allegedly turned to migrant smuggling while waiting for their asylum hearing in U.S. immigration court are facing federal criminal charges.
A grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on Wednesday charged Nelson Blanco Garcia and Kristian Garcia Fuentes with counts of conspiracy and transportation of illegal aliens.
The charges stem from a Jan. 26 arrest resulting from collaboration between the U.S. Border Patrol and the Army National Guard soldiers operating remote surveillance systems at the border.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/venezuelan-asylum-seekers-charged-with-migrant-smuggling/
