Mexican Human Smuggler Made Half-Million Bringing Migrants Across Canadian Border to U.S.
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Bob Price14 Jan 2025120
A federal judge in the District of Vermont sentenced a Mexican national to prison following his conviction for smuggling nearly 100 migrants across the Canadian border into the U.S. The Mexican national received approximately $500,000 in smuggling fees during a five-month period.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New York announced that District Court Judge Mary Kay Lantheir sentenced Luis Fernando Barragan-Palacios, 29, of Queens, New York, to federal prison for a term of 18 months. Barragan-Palacios, originally of Oaxaca, Mexico, is expected to be deported upon the completion of his sentence.
According to prosecutors, Barragan-Palacios failed to yield when Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents attempted to stop his rented pickup truck near the Canadian border with Vermont. Despite the icy road conditions, Barragan-Palacios recklessly led the agents on a high-speed pursuit.
Barragan-Palacios’ speed approached 85 mph as he fled from the agents. The agents later learned that the Mexican human smuggler had six migrants laying down unsecured in the bed of the pickup truck and unbelted in the cab.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/01/14/mexican-human-smuggler-made-half-million-bringing-migrants-across-canadian-border-to-u-s/
