SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Field Office issued the following press release:

SAN ANTONIO - Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Texas filed 271 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from July 31 through August 6, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons. Charges were brought against alien smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for numerous DWIs, violent crimes, thefts, and multiple prior removals.

Among the new cases, illegal alien from Mexico Karla Yaslin Montes-Esparzais charged with bringing in and harboring aliens. According to a criminal complaint, U.S. Border Patrol agents requested and received consent to view, se...