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Texas man indicted in smuggling of dozens of illegal immigrants in locked tractor trailer
A Texas man is being charged with attempting to smuggle over 100 illegal immigrants into the U.S. in a locked tractor trailer.
Juan Manuel Aguirre, 49, is facing a three-count indictment of conspiracy to transport an undocumented alien within the United States and the transportation of an undocumented alien within the United States for financial gain, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas on Monday.
Aguirre, a resident of the South Texas city of Laredo, was observed by law enforcement loading a large group of migrants into a white trailer in a warehouse parking lot on Dec. 2. After it departed, authorities conducted a traffic stop on the white truck hauling the trailer and allegedly found 101 undocumented immigrants, including 12 unaccompanied children, crammed in.
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Trucks travel across the World Trade International Bridge in Laredo, Texas, on June 10, 2019. (Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Justice Department statement said two of the migrants reported having difficulty breathing and feared for their lives due to the conditions in the trailer.
Aguirre is facing 10 years in prison for each of the three counts and fines of up to $250,000.
The number of individuals sentenced for alien smuggling offenses in the U.S. has steadily risen under the Biden administration, reaching 4,731 in fiscal year 2023, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
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Migrants are apprehended near the border wall in New Mexico, April 12, 2024. (Fox News)
The top five districts for human smuggling are all along the southern border. With Texas accounting for over 60% of the U.S. border with Mexico, the top two districts for human smuggling were both in Texas.
There were 64,124 alien smuggling offense cases reported in 2023. About 10% of alien smuggling cases involve unaccompanied minors.
In October, local news source KGNS reported a concerning rise in human smuggling incidents in Laredo, resulting in high-risk vehicle pursuits and other dangerous situations.
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The Rio Grande is seen from Laredo, Texas, Sept. 19, 2020. (Reuters/Veronica G. Cardenas)
Earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched a new billboard ad campaign in Mexico and Central America to warn potential illegal migrants of the dangers of attempting to cross into the U.S. illegally.
“We’re here to expose the truth to immigrants who are thinking about coming here, the truth about the traffickers who assault so many of the women and children along the way,” the governor said. “The message is: Do not risk a dangerous trip just to be arrested and deported.”
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Police in Phoenix say they detained two individuals after three people were shot and one was stabbed following a “family dispute that escalated” at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Christmas.
Officers received an alert about the incident, which took place outside a restaurant in Terminal 4, around 9:45 p.m., a Phoenix Police Department sergeant said at the scene.
“Preliminary information suggests a group of known individuals engaged in a physical altercation that escalated to one subject retrieving a handgun from their person,” a police media advisory said.
Following the incident, three people had gunshot wounds, with one adult female listed as having “life-threatening” injuries, and two adult males in stable condition with injuries that were non-life-threatening.
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Police tape can be seen at Terminal 4 in Sky Harbor International Airport following a shooting on Christmas night. (FOX 10 Phoenix)
Two people involved were located and detained in the parking garage, police said, identifying them only as “an adult male and a juvenile female.” Police said the man had a stab wound and was brought to a hospital, where he was said to be in stable condition.
“There are no active threats at the airport, Detectives are on scene and completing an initial review to learn what led to this incident,” Phoenix Police posted to X at 11:58 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. “No flights are affected by this ongoing investigation.”
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A police officer enters Terminal 4 at Sky Harbor International Airport on Dec. 25, 2024, following a family dispute that escalated to a shooting and stabbing. (FOX 10 Phoenix)
A shelter-in-place for the airport was lifted around 10:30 p.m., local FOX 10 reported. Terminal operations and the Phoenix Sky Train were briefly paused as precautions, an airport statement obtained by the TV station said.
Thursday morning, a FOX 10 reporter said the entrance to B and C gates in Terminal 4 were still blocked off.
The sergeant at the scene Wednesday night said that in a separate incident, another man was falsely told of an active shooter situation at the airport and arrived armed. He got into an altercation with an officer and was detained prior to being booked into jail. No injuries were reported in the second incident.
Weapons were recovered from both incidents, police said.
Phoenix police officers gather at an eatery in Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport following a shooting on Dec. 25, 2024. (FOX 10 Phoenix)
No identities have been released by police. Fox News Digital has reached out to police for the latest in the investigation.
The two major airlines that operate out of Sky Harbor’s Terminal 4 are American and Southwest, according to the airport’s website.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Armed suspects pose as police officers, allegedly rob person at Los Angeles apartment building
Suspects dressed in black police-style attire are alleged to have performed an armed robbery at an apartment building in Los Angeles, authorities say.
The incident was reported at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday morning at an apartment building on the 3100 block of Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, four suspects entered the building and assaulted a resident. The victim, who wasn’t identified, didn’t sustain any major injuries and refused medical treatment.
The suspects, three of which were dressed as police officers, made off with a “large sum” of cash and jewelry, according to LAPD.
Authorities say a black semi-automatic handgun was used in the alleged robbery, although the weapon was not found at the scene.
The suspects remain unidentified as of Saturday evening and remain at large.
No additional details were immediately made available.
Police in Anaheim shot and killed a man that they say was suspected of robbery on Friday night.
The officers were called to a reported robbery at about 8 p.m. in the 1200 block of E. South Street, according to the Anaheim Police Department.
After arriving to the scene, four officers were involved in a shooting with the suspect, a man police said was about 30 years old.
He was struck by gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene; he has yet to be publicly identified as of early Saturday morning.
Police said a realistic-looking replica gun was found at the scene. No additional details about the shooting were immediately made available.
The California Department of Justice, among other agencies, will investigate the incident.
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