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Human smuggling ringleader 'Monstro' gets 9 years after migrant falls from Texas border fence
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A Mexican national was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $672,101 for running a human smuggling ring that severely injured a migrant.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A migrant from Mexico received a 9-year federal prison sentence for facilitating human smuggling, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Texas. Forty-two-year-old Manuel Alejandro Melendez-Cereceres, also known as "Monstro," was part of a human smuggling…
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A man was sentenced to nine years in prison by a federal court in El Paso for conspiracy to transport migrants resulting in serious bodily injury, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas.
A Mexican national was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $672,101 for running a human smuggling ring that severely injured a migrant.
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