LAREDO, TEXAS
An 18-year-old illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty this week to conspiring to transport illegal aliens from China and Brazil within the U.S., according to authorities.
Samuel Vasquez-Morales, from Mexico, is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 16 and is facing up to 10 years in prison, officials stated.
Since Vasquez-Morales is not a U.S. citizen, he is also expected to face deportation proceedings after he completes his prison sentence.
According to court documents, on April 1, 2019, Vazquez-Morales was apprehended after guiding six illegal aliens through the brush near Laredo. Five were from the People’s Republic of China; one was a Brazilian national.
Vazquez-Morales was determined to be a Mexican citizen illegally present in the United States as well.
On June 10, officials maintain that Vasquez-Morales admitted that he guided the group from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, into the United States. He stated he was working for Cartel Del Noreste and that he expected to be paid $400 for the job.
One of the Chinese nationals told agents he planned to pay $30,000 to be smuggled into the United States from Mexico.