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Human Smuggling

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HSI Miami-Fort Pierce Investigation Leads to Florida Company and Former Employee to Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Harbor Noncitizens

MIAMI — Martinez Builders Supply, LLC, doing business as East Coast Truss, a Florida limited liability company, pleaded guilty to conspiring to harbor aliens by means of employment in a case investigated by HSI Miami’s Fort Pierce field office and law enforcement partners.

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Former Texas Police Detective Sentenced for Operating Smuggling Stash House

DEL RIO, Texas — A former police detective for the Eagle Pass Police Department was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to harbor undocumented noncitizens for a human smuggling organization.

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HSI Laredo, Federal Partner Announce Conviction of South Texas Man for Sexual Exploitation of a Pregnant Minor

LAREDO, Texas — A South Texas man pleaded guilty to production of child pornography following an investigation conducted by HSI with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Border Patrol and private companies.

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HSI joins U.S. Department of the Treasury in Announcing Sanctions Against Individuals and Businesses Connected to Colombian and Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations

WASHINGTON — HSI joined the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control in announcing sanctions against two Mexico-based businesses and five Colombian nationals involved in the global illicit drug and human smuggling trades.

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Coordinator in Unaccompanied Child Smuggling Ring Admits to Conspiring to Smuggle Toddler from Mexico Following Joint Investigation

LAREDO, Texas — A South Texas woman pleaded guilty to smuggling a child into the United States for financial gain following an investigation conducted by HSI and its law enforcement partners.

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South Texas Man Sentenced to 38 Years for Gunpoint Extortion of Migrants

MCALLEN, Texas — A South Texas man was sentenced on multiple counts of hostage taking, human smuggling and weapons charges following an investigation conducted by HSI and law enforcement partners.

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Man Charged With Trafficking a Woman for Sex After HSI New England Investigation

BOSTON — A man has been charged after he allegedly trafficked a woman to engage in commercial sex acts, forced her to assist him in robbing multiple convenience stores and in procuring an illegal firearm for him to use in one of the robberies.

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South Texas Man Receives Max Sentence for Smuggling More Than 100 Noncitizens

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A South Texas man has received the maximum sentence allowed under U.S. law for illegally transporting unlawfully present noncitizens following an investigation by HSI and law enforcement partners.

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Joint Investigation Results in Sentencing of a Human Smuggler to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Operating and Facilitating Stash House

DEL RIO, Texas — A Mexican citizen was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $52,000 in restitution for her role as a stash house operator and facilitator following an investigation by HSI and U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector.

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Third Member of Human Smuggling Scheme Convicted Following Investigation by HSI Corpus Christi, CBP

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Cuban national was convicted Sept. 10 of human smuggling-related charges following an investigation by HSI Corpus Christi and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.