Results 1 to 1 of 1
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
-
11-23-2012, 12:40 AM #1
Smugglers lead Border Patrol agents to drug bunker in Starr County
by Sergio Chapa
Posted: 11.21.2012 at 11:15 AM
valleycentral.com
Two men are behind bars after drug smugglers allegedly led authorities to a drug bunker in Starr County.
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 45-year-old Jose Israel Gutierrez-Perez and 21-year-old Agustin Eloy Pineda-Barrientos on Monday night.
Federal court records show that a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter pilot spotted smugglers in a raft on the Rio Grande River near Escobares.
The helicopter watch a pickup truck leave the scene and head to a mobile home off Mi Ranchito Street in Roma.
Border Patrol agents arrived at the scene but several people scattered.
Records show that Gutierrez-Perez was identified as the driver of the truck and arrested while walking away from the scene.
Pineda-Barrientos was seen fleeing the from the scene and hiding underneath a home off Agustin Street.
Border Patrol agents found dozens of bundles with 734 pounds of marijuana and outside the mobile home.
Investigators were picking up marijuana when they discovered a bunker underneath a concrete slab where more bundles were hidden inside.
Both Gutierrez-Perez and Pineda-Barrientos appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dorina Ramos in McAllen on Tuesday morning.
Court records show that both men are Mexican nationals.
Judge Ramos denied bond for both men until a Monday afternoon hearing.
Smugglers lead Border Patrol agents to drug bunker in Starr County : News : ValleyCentral.comSupport our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at https://eepurl.com/cktGTn
Biden may hand out green cards to 4,000 illegal migrants per year
03-28-2024, 01:54 PM in Videos about Illegal Immigration, refugee programs, globalism, & socialism