Post by CCADP on Aug 18, 2005 18:39:21 GMT -5
6 men charged in smuggling death
6 men were indicted Wednesday on charges that an undocumented immigrant
died while being smuggled in Duval County en route to San Antonio.
The indictment by a federal grand jury in San Antonio upgraded charges
against Hipolito Hernandez Pea, suspected of being a smuggling cell
leader, and against Miguel Angel Rodriguez Leija, Sandro Cardenas Silva,
Ivan Rodriguez Ibarra, Alejandro Revilla Guevara and Jorge Alejandro
Ovalle Gallegos.
If convicted, the 6 face the possibility of the death penalty, the maximum
punishment for the charges of conspiracy to transport undocumented
immigrants resulting in death, and aiding and abetting in the smuggling of
undocumented immigrants resulting in death. The original charges allege
the smuggling of undocumented immigrants.
Juan de Dios Garcia Dimas, 23, of Mexico, was found dead by Border Patrol
agents along FM 2295 near Texas 16 south of Freer on July 13.
Court records say Garcia and Alonzo Vazquez of Honduras were among
immigrants guided by one of the defendants through the rural brush.
The pair were left behind as the rest were taken to a stash house in San
Antonio, court records said.
Garcia died and Vazquez was rescued.
(source for both: San Antonio Express-News)
6 men were indicted Wednesday on charges that an undocumented immigrant
died while being smuggled in Duval County en route to San Antonio.
The indictment by a federal grand jury in San Antonio upgraded charges
against Hipolito Hernandez Pea, suspected of being a smuggling cell
leader, and against Miguel Angel Rodriguez Leija, Sandro Cardenas Silva,
Ivan Rodriguez Ibarra, Alejandro Revilla Guevara and Jorge Alejandro
Ovalle Gallegos.
If convicted, the 6 face the possibility of the death penalty, the maximum
punishment for the charges of conspiracy to transport undocumented
immigrants resulting in death, and aiding and abetting in the smuggling of
undocumented immigrants resulting in death. The original charges allege
the smuggling of undocumented immigrants.
Juan de Dios Garcia Dimas, 23, of Mexico, was found dead by Border Patrol
agents along FM 2295 near Texas 16 south of Freer on July 13.
Court records say Garcia and Alonzo Vazquez of Honduras were among
immigrants guided by one of the defendants through the rural brush.
The pair were left behind as the rest were taken to a stash house in San
Antonio, court records said.
Garcia died and Vazquez was rescued.
(source for both: San Antonio Express-News)