Smuggling articles
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Leader, members of smuggling organization sentenced
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The leader of a smuggling organization and five members were sentenced for human smuggling, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. On July 6, 2021, 42-year-old Houston resident Saul Torres-Martinez, also known as Cobra, 32-year-old Mexican resident Ernesto Mata Pioquinto, 31-year-old Mexican resident Marcelino Navarro Sanchez, 26-year-old Fresno resident Robert Hernandez, 36-year-old Wimauma, []
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Valley human smuggling investigation sends six to prison
The 42-year-old leader of a smuggling organization and five others were sentenced to prison for conspiring to smuggle people illegally present in the United States, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.
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Court jails man seven years for cocoa smuggling
The Odumase Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced one Issifu Nyandi to seven years imprisonment for attempting to smuggle bags of cocoa beans from Ghana to neighbouring Togo.