ICE prevents child smuggling incident in Yuma
KAWC | By KAWC Staff
Published May 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM MST
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents thwarted an attempted smuggling incident with an unaccompanied migrant child in Yuma on April 29, ICE officials announced Monday.
U.S. border officials apprehended a woman attempting to smuggle a 5-year-old boy — identified as “John Doe” in the legal complaint — after the child’s mother allegedly paid a smuggler to transport him illegally into the United States.
CBP worked with the Mexican Consulate to find the child’s mother, a 24-year-old woman living in Veracruz, Mexico, who presented herself at the San Luis Port of Entry later that night to recover her child.
The mother claimed the smuggler coordinated with the child’s father to drop off the little boy. However, the child told investigators he was being taken to live with a man he didn’t know.
https://www.kawc.org/news/2025-05-06/ice-prevents-child-smuggling-incident-in-yuma
