SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 14 -- 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 253 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from April 24 to April 30, announced U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons. Charges were brought against human smugglers and illegal aliens with past convictions for numerous DWIs, violent crime, sex crime, drug trafficking, and multiple prior removals.
Among the new cases, Julian Hernandez, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in El Paso and charged with alien smuggling. A criminal complaint alleges U.S. Border Patrol agents observed four individuals run toward a vehic...