Detention center workers charged in scheme to smuggle immigrants - Texas

Four employees of a privately run immigration detention center have been charged on accusations that they used company vehicles to smuggle illegal immigrants through checkpoints, a U.S. attorney said Tuesday.

Immigration officials arrested Carlos Miguel Garcia, 36, and Benjamin Lopez Sanchez, 36, both of Raymondville, after the men tried to smuggle 28 illegal immigrants late Thursday in South Texas, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle said. They were charged with transporting illegal immigrants.

Also arrested were Juan Trevino Jr., 27, and Alberto Vasquez, 37, both of Harlingen. They were charged with conspiring to transport illegal immigrants between Sept. 1 and Nov. 8.”*

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