Nature photographer charged with migrant smuggling
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jan 14, 2025 / 06:53 PM CST
Updated: Jan 14, 2025 / 07:01 PM CST
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A woman who says she drove her SUV off the beaten path to take photographs of the stunning southern New Mexico landscape is facing smuggling charges.
She and a companion allegedly failed to convince the U.S. Border Patrol they were being Good Samaritans by giving four people in need of help a ride to Tucson, Arizona, with a detour through New Mexico State Highway 338.
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Federal officials say the highway is a notorious smuggling route and the four passengers in the black GMC Terrain with Indiana license plates were migrants dressed in camouflage.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/nature-photographer-charged-with-migrant-smuggling/
