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Mexican National Sentenced for Trafficking in Wildlife

September 3, 2021 Press Release 0 Comments Smuggling, Trafficking Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggling

On Sept. 22, 2016, Gutierrez received wildlife from the Juarez airport and transported and delivered the wildlife to a co-conspirator who smuggled the wildlife into the United States and an El Paso, Texas, border crossing. The wildlife was ultimately repackaged and sent by Fed-Ex to buyers in the United States. Neither Guiterrez nor the co-conspirator had a CITES import permit for any of the smuggled animals, nor were permits issued in the name of any of the suppliers.

General News

Quebec Woman Arrested, Charged With Selling And Smuggling Wildlife Skulls

May 29, 2021May 30, 2021 Shared Conglomerate 0 Comments False Labeling, Lacey Act Trafficking, Smuggling

On January 13, 2020, in a covert capacity, the USFWS Special Agent contacted the defendant and requested photos of any available polar bear skulls. Rondeau sent a photograph of a polar bear skull with a comment that it was her “Last one.” The defendant offered to sell the

General News

California Man Sentenced for Illegally Exporting Cesium Atomic Clocks to Hong Kong

March 6, 2021March 11, 2021 Public 0 Comments Atomic Clock, Smuggling

To obtain the atomic clocks, Yue purchased them using a fictitious company, “Ecycle Tech International Ltd.,” by falsely representing to the U.S. seller that the atomic clocks would be used solely in the United States for cordless phone research and development.

Immigration

Brazilian Citizen Who Ran Smuggling Organization Pleads Guilty To Alien Smuggling

March 4, 2021March 10, 2021 Shared Conglomerate 0 Comments Human Trafficking, Illegal Alien, Smuggling

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today Tiago Mello-Lima, 34, a Brazilian citizen living in Canada,

General News Immigration

Houston Man Indicted in Laredo for Smuggling 119 illegal Aliens

February 9, 2021March 13, 2021 Public 0 Comments Illegal Entry, Immigration, Smuggling

According to the charges, some of the transported aliens said they were taken to and told to get in the truck.

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Colombian Nationals Sentenced to 45 and 50 Years in Prison for Participating in Human Smuggling Event that Resulted in the Rape and Murder of Cuban Nationals

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 Public 0 Comments Immigration Human, Smuggling, Violent Crime

According to the court record, including agreed-upon factual proffers, since 2014, Carlos Emilio Ibarguen Palacios, Jhoan Stiven Carreazo Asprilla, and their co-defendants, organized and arranged the unlawful smuggling of illegal aliens, transporting them across Colombia toward the Panamanian border, en route to the United States.