WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
A Cuban National was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his role in an international alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.
"Ventura-Castro was part of a complex conspiracy responsible for smuggling aliens into the United States on a massive scale," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "The defendant and others recruited aliens using social media, charged thousands of dollars to bring them into the country illegally, and helped them get immigration benefits to which they were not entitled."
"Enforcing our nation's immigration laws is essential...