SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 4 -- 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 319 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from May 15 to May 21, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons. Charges were brought against human smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for numerous DUIs, violent crimes, burglary and multiple prior removals.
Among the new cases, 110 were filed in El Paso, where convicted felon Martha Lopez, of Socorro, was charged with alien smuggling. A criminal complaint alleges Lopez had arranged to pick up a group of four illegal aliens in the early mo...