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Mexican man charged by Feds with smuggling illegals—


WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -
Delaware's U-S Attorney and federal immigration officials have charged a Mexican citizen with trafficking in illegal immigrants.

Twenty-two-year-old Jesus Salinas-Escamilla is accused of trying to smuggle 12 people into New Jersey from Texas. He was arrested last week after a Delaware state trooper pulled him over for speeding on Interstate-95 and saw the people crammed into his pickup truck.

If he's convicted, Salinas-Escamilla could get ten years in jail, a 250 thousand-dollar fine, three years' probation and a 100-dollar special assessment.

He's currently behind bars awaiting trial.