Inside the home, several people could be seen inside a single room that had three mattresses tossed on the floor for them to sleep on. Photos from the arrest show rows of migrants seated along the front of the house surrounded by trash. The Border Patrol’s Santa Teresa Anti-Smuggling Unit said the dozens of migrants were living in a single house in Santa Teresa in New Mexico, fewer than 14 miles from El Paso. Six of the migrants had “prior removal orders” against them and will be prosecuted, El Paso Sector Chief Anthony Good said Saturday. US Border Patrol agents found 54 illegal migrants “living in deplorable conditions” at a stash house near El Paso, Texas, officials said over the weekend. Lack of federal funding for migrant crisis expected to make NYC’s budget hole ‘bigger:’ official NYC migrant crisis turns shuttered jail, JFK warehouse into shelter optionsĥ00 cots ready as city plans to convert JFK warehouse to a migrant shelter Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, on Twitter for the latest news.2 asylum seekers found dead in car outside NYC mega migrant shelter: cops Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit įollow the U.S. RELEASE NUMBER: 2023-037_Barragan-Cisnerosįor more information on the U.S. The United States Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, handled the prosecution. HSI – Nogales Office conducted the investigation in this case, with assistance from the United States Border Patrol. The Task Force focuses on disrupting and dismantling smuggling and trafficking networks that abuse, exploit, or endanger migrants, pose national security threats, and are involved in organized crime. enforcement efforts against the most prolific and dangerous human smuggling and trafficking groups operating in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Garland in June 2021 to marshal the investigative and prosecutorial resources of the Department of Justice, in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to enhance U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona is part of JTFA, which was established by Attorney General Merrick B. This prosecution resulted from the coordinated efforts of Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA).

Barragan-Cisneros was identified as a human smuggler coordinator, in addition to having recruited co-conspirator De-Haro to transport and conceal UNCs. A ledger revealing human smuggling operations was located inside the trailer. On September 21, 2021, after several days of surveillance, special agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered 30 undocumented non-citizens (UNCs) inside a trailer unit located in the Camino Vista Mobile Home Park, in Phoenix, Arizona. Co-defendant Gustavo Bueno De-Haro was sentenced to 12 months and one day by Judge Rash on May 26, 2022. Barragan-Cisneros pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport and Harbor Illegal Aliens for Profit. Rash to 57 months in prison, followed by three years supervised release, consecutive to 10 months’ imprisonment for violation of supervised release due to a prior conviction. – Macario Ulises Barragan-Cisneros, 45, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge Scott H.

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