Trio charged with smuggling Mexican boy, 9, into Texas to sell him for $2,500, officials say

star-telegram.com ^ | AUGUST 01, 2019 | DAWSON WHITE

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Three people have been charged after conspiring to smuggle a 9-year-old boy from Mexico to Texas to be sold, officials say.

Elida Moreno, 26, was paid $1,700 to use her son’s birth certificate to smuggle a 9-year-old boy into the United States, officials say. She is a U.S. citizen living in Piedras Negras, Mexico. The boy is believed to have been kidnapped.

Officials say Moreno entered the U.S. through Eagle Pass, Texas, where she and the boy stayed in a hotel before taking a shuttle to San Antonio the next day. She’d been asked by a friend’s neighbor to meet Mexico citizen Nery Dominguez, 26, at Santa Rosa Park and hand over the boy in exchange for $2,500.

At some point, the friend’s neighbor told Moreno not to hand over the boy causing “a struggle between Moreno and [Dominguez],” officials say. San Antonio Police Department showed up at the scene and arrested Dominguez.

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President Trump put a halt to Barry Sotero's child trafficking system at the border. Coyotes and others could kidnap children and take them to the border; if caught the child would be kept and the coyote released. Then, fake "relatives" would show up and claim the boy. Right into child trafficking lanes. No follow up on the child after released to "adults" who claimed them.

POTUS has instituted the process of retaining both the captured adult with the child in detention until DNA "proves" that they are related. This throws a wrench into "easy" trafficking.

[Lurker]

Give them a fair trial.

Follow it up with a first class hanging.

L

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I just posted another thread that seems to indicate the program for DNA testing is NOT formally adopted and other rules are in place. I have read about the DNA testing being done but am now not sure what circumstances trigger it.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3768773/posts

[TigersEye]

How many rich white liberals put in a bid on him?

[dljordan]

Why would you want to buy a Mexican? I want to get rid of them.

[Engedi]

It’s sad that one of the charges isn’t trying to sell a minor. Instead it’s bringing an illegal alien into the country and lying to federal officials.