El Pasoan pleads guilty to running major human smuggling operation

El Pasoan pleads guilty to running major human smuggling operation

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – A 42-year-old El Paso man at the center of a human smuggling and money laundering operation has pleaded guilty to federal charges, officials announced this week. Jose Luis Avalos, identified by prosecutors as the ringleader of the smuggling scheme, admitted in court to conspiring to transport and harbor undocumented immigrants across New Mexico, as well as laundering the illicit proceeds of the operation. Avalos is the fi…

Alleged human smuggler behind bars in Adams County - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper

NATCHEZ — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement inmate has been transported from the Highway 84 prison to the Adams County Jail to await trial in Texas for the charge of human smuggling. A warrant came to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office to arrest Sergio Armendariz Ibarra, 39, to appear before the 63rd District Court of Kenney County, Texas, in the City of Batesville. Ibarra faces two counts of smuggling of person from February 22, 2022. Accor…