http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/humansmuggling/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:14:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416605/posts SAN JUAN — A 16-year-old Mexican girl was forced into household labor, deprived of food and shelter and raped six times by the man who smuggled her into this country, according to authorities. Benito Vargas, 17, is accused of raping the Jalisco native on several occasions while his mother ignored the girl’s cries for help, San Juan Police Chief Juan Gonzalez said. The girl, who was smuggled into the United States on claims she would have a better life here, was also beaten on several occasions, was rarely fed and was forced to sleep on a couch outside while she... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416605/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411427/posts Note: The following text is a quote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, December 17, 2009 Guyanese National Charged with Smuggling Indian Nationals to the United States A Guyanese national has been indicted on charges of conspiracy and alien smuggling in connection with her role in the smuggling or attempted smuggling of four Indian nationals to the United States. Annita Devi Gerald, aka Annita Rampersad, 52, was charged in a nine-count indictment returned yesterday by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas. Gerald was arrested by ICE special agents in Houston on Nov. 17, 2009, and has been held without... US DOJ.gov - Justice.gov - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411427/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399774/posts Three Houston residents have been arrested and accused of transporting illegal immigrants after a pickup truck carrying the people plunged 40 feet from a roadway and injured them in Jim Wells County in South Texas. Patricio Rebollar Jr., 28, Herman Valdez, 29, and Nancy Martinez, 25, are charged in a criminal complaint with transporting undocumented immigrants, according to federal authorities. Of the 17 undocumented immigrants in the accident, five remain hospitalized with serious injuries and the others have been treated at hospitals and released into federal custody. Rebollar, who was allegedly driving the pickup, was hospitalized with unknown injuries. Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399774/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:05:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346970/posts <p>Deputies say the four Chinese citizens were inside the van along with the driver, a resident of Mexico City. By Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) _ Authorities say a traffic stop in a Phoenix suburb has led to the detention of four Chinese citizens suspected of entering the country illegally.</p> kfyi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346970/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:22:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346477/posts The busiest border crossing in the country was open again Wednesday morning after closing for hours during a shootout between federal agents and vans suspected of smuggling illegal immigrants into California from Mexico. Four were injured and traffic was stopped for four hours Tuesday near San Diego after the border patrol agents fired shots at the vehicles across nine lanes of highway. The 74 people crowded into the three vans were taken into federal custody. San Diego police spokesman Lt. Kevin Rooney said Tuesday the drivers tried to storm past inspectors at the San Ysidro port of entry — which... Fox News Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346477/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:51:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346053/posts U.S. authorities have closed the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the border with Mexico after a gunfight there early Tuesday. San Ysidro is the nation's busiest border crossing. Roughly 40,000 vehicles cross there daily from Mexico. Three vans loaded with suspected illegal immigrants tried to speed through the crossing Tuesday afternoon, drawing gunfire from at least two U.S. agents, authorities said. Three people in the vans and a traveler in a nearby car were injured in the failed attempt to cross into San Diego from Tijuana. About 70 people inside the vehicles were taken into custody, according to authorities. LA TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2346053/posts#comment Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345518/posts Fired ACORN employee called police A local ACORN employee filmed talking about human smuggling reported the incident to a police detective who was his cousin. Juan Carlos Vera contacted his cousin two days after the incident for advice on what to do with information he obtained regarding possible human smuggling, National City police said in a news release Monday. The detective contacted another law enforcement officer serving on a federal human smuggling task force, who responded that he needed more details. The ACORN employee explained several days later the information was wrong and he had been duped. Vera was secretly... San Diego Union Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345518/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341897/posts ACORN Prostitution Tour San Diego--More Videos Hannah Giles and James O' Keefe our hero fake pimp and hooker, took their tour from northern California to the south, San Diego on the border with Mexico. Here they met with a Juan Carlos a very creepy, ACORN worker who tried to pick up Hanna and offered to help the pair smuggle in the child prostitutes from El Salvador. You See he smuggles people over the border all the time. In probably the most uncomfortable moment in all of the videos, the Juan Carlos asks Hannah where she lives and how much does... Big Government/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341897/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:09:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341634/posts "I have a lot of contacts in Tijuana." Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341634/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:09:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304789/posts <p>PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona officer who stopped a refrigerated trailer found nearly 100 undocumented immigrants crammed inside in near-freezing temperatures.</p> <p>A tip from federal agents led the Department of Public Safety officer to make the stop to check for faulty equipment Wednesday night on Interstate 19 north of Nogales near the Mexico border.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2304789/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:14:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298649/posts McALLEN – Three men already in federal custody have been linked to the kidnapping, torture and ransom of hundreds of Central American migrants in Reynosa, federal authorities said. Two Honduran nationals held on immigration charges in Willacy County recognized one of the suspected smugglers July 10 after he was booked into the county jail, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in their case. One of the detained immigrants told U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents that he had met Oscar Humberto Hilton Romero, 31, of Honduras, in Guatemala and then followed him to a Reynosa stash house, where he... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298649/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:30:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294380/posts CORPUS CHRISTI — A man was sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison Thursday for his involvement in an illegal immigrant smuggling conspiracy that resulted in the deaths of three people in Duval County. Frank Garcia, 30, of Pasadena, pleaded guilty of transporting illegal immigrants from Mexico into the U.S., according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson. On Nov. 24, Garcia delivered a van carrying eight people to smugglers outside Concepcion, according to the release. Garcia then drove a lead vehicle while the van followed. During law enforcement’s pursuit of the vehicles, the van crashed and caught... Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294380/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266954/posts SONOITA, Ariz. — Ten undocumented immigrants "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports utility vehicle crammed with at least 22 people were killed when the driver lost control and rolled over on a remote southern Arizona highway, authorities said Sunday. FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266954/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 03:48:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266955/posts Ten people "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports-utility vehicle were killed when the driver lost control on a remote southeastern Arizona highway, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday.DPS Officer Joy Craig said at least 27 men and women were in the vehicle traveling on State Route 82 about four miles east of Sonoita when the vehicle rolled for an unknown reason shortly before midnight Saturday.Most of the vehicle's passengers were ejected.Authorities said all the victims are believed to be illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Equador and perhaps Mexico."There was no... KVOA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266955/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 03:49:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266854/posts <p>SONOITA, Ariz. — Ten undocumented immigrants "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports utility vehicle crammed with at least 22 people were killed when the driver lost control and rolled over on a remote southern Arizona highway, authorities said Sunday.</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266854/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 00:29:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236096/posts No civilized sane human would support slavery so how does trafficking in humans for sex continue worldwide? The practice is growing, but hundreds declared in Tulsa Friday that they will stand in opposition. They will contribute time and money to raise awareness and save victims. They will engage to stop this hidden smuggling that goes on in every one of the 50 states in America. Tulsa Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236096/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:08:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234630/posts The owner of the Los Angeles-based Numero Uno supermarket chain was convicted today of participating in a racketeering enterprise that was involved in a host of illegal activities, including solicitation of murder, bribery of a public official, harboring illegal aliens and tax violations. George Torres, 52, an Arcadia resident who has been in custody since he was arrested after being indicted two years ago, was found guilty of 55 felony counts, including racketeering, “honest services” mail fraud and wire fraud, conspiring to harbor illegal aliens, and a host of tax charges. The jury determined that Torres solicited the February 1994... Department of Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234630/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:25:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229836/posts An alleged abduction in southwest Houston earlier this week appears to be part of human smuggling operation that was thwarted when the victim jumped from his kidnappers' car on a freeway near downtown. Six men, including the victim and his relatives as well as three suspects, were arrested following a brief police chase. No injuries were reported. Federal immigration authorities said the men were in the country illegally and were involved in a human trafficking plot. However, officials declined to discuss details of the case because the investigation is ongoing. The names of the men have not been released. "It's... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229836/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224721/posts Women and girls as young as 16 were smuggled into this country from Mexico and brought to Charlotte to work as prostitutes. For $25 and $30, authorities said, they performed sex acts – sometimes with 20 men a day. Jorge Flores Rojas, a 44-year- old undocumented Mexican national accused of running the sex trafficking ring, has been sentenced in Charlotte to 24 years in prison, authorities said Tuesday. He was ordered to pay $117,000 in restitution to one woman. He also must register as a sex offender. Acting U.S. Attorney Edward Ryan said Tuesday that prostitution rings like the one... charlotteobserver.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224721/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:12:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223047/posts Palermo, 3 April (AKI) SNIPPET: "Over 36,000 boat people arrived on the southern Italian coast last year - a 75 per cent increase over the number of arrivals in 2007 - according to the Italian government and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR)." ADNKRONOS.com (AKI) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223047/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 02:46:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211984/posts A woman was allegedly kidnapped as part of a suspected human smuggling operation in Tustin on Saturday evening, police said. The 32-year-old woman's alleged abduction is believed by police to be in response to a dispute over payment for human smuggling. Officers are not yet sure what country the alleged victim came from, but said it might be Guatemala. Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211984/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209975/posts A Sullivan City man accused of smuggling three Iraqis into the United States was set to appear for a detention hearing Thursday. Prosecutors allege Juan De Dios Martinez Vela, 28, sneaked the men across the Rio Grande as part of a smuggling network with links to the Middle East. JPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209975/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:07:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203136/posts The leader of the Three Franciscos, a ring accused of transporting more than 9,000 illegal immigrants through Los Angeles and around the country, was sentenced to six years in federal prison Monday. Federal officials called the organization the most prolific of its kind ever uncovered in Los Angeles, collecting fees as high as $3,700 from relatives of immigrants who were packed into cramped vans and safe houses. "We estimated they were moving about 100 a week," said Jennifer Silliman, deputy special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles. The group was known as the Three... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203136/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:03:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195860/posts PHOENIX -- A raid at a suspected Avondale drop house Thursday night resulted in the rescue of more than two dozen hostages, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. A SWAT team raided the house on Joblanca Street at 6:30 p.m. after receiving a call from a Tennessee resident concerned that a family member was being held captive in a home, deputies said. Inside, deputies found 30 suspected illegal immigrants, among them 25 hostages who were being held for ransom, the sheriff's office said. According to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the hostages were held from 3-24 days and had... KPHO News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195860/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193347/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0902/090224losangeles.htm February 24, 2009 Former LAX elevator mechanic sentenced to 3 years for human smuggling LOS ANGELES - An elevator mechanic formerly employed by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for smuggling foreign nationals into the United States by bypassing established security at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Roberto Amaya Canchola, 54, was sentenced yesterday as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted earning $1,800 for each illegal alien he ushered into airport elevators and escorted to taxis outside the terminal. Canchola was... ICE.gov - News Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193347/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:04:55 GMT