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08-29-2018, 09:53 PM #1
Feds: Illegal Aliens smuggled through train tunnel into Detroit
Feds: Immigrants smuggled through train tunnel into Detroit
Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press
Published 5:05 p.m. ET Aug. 29, 2018
(Photo: photosbyjim, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
After months of catching undocumented immigrants sneaking into the U.S. through an underground train tunnel, federal agents today arrested the man they say is responsible for the human smuggling operation that ran between Windsor and Detroit.
Charged is Juan Antonio Garcia-Jimenez, 53, a naturalized Canadian resident from Guatemala who was arrested by Border Patrol agents and made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court Wednesday afternoon in Detroit. He was temporarily ordered detained.
According to the court documents, Garcia-Jimenez smuggled immigrants from Canada into the U.S., charging each person $1,500 for driving them to the tunnel and instructing them on how to avoid getting caught. Federal agents started arresting some of these immigrants in March, records show, but took several months to catch the ringleader.
“Smuggling individuals through the train tunnel is one of the most dangerous methods I have seen in my career and I could not be more proud of the agents and officers who worked on identifying this individual and finally catching him,” said Chief Patrol Agent Douglas Harrison of Border Patrol.
Added U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider: “Alien smuggling though this train tunnel is not just unlawful, it can be incredibly dangerous.”
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Garcia-Jimenez was charged in a criminal complaint, a charging document that explained what led to his arrest.
Here, according to the complaint, is what happened:
Sometime in March, a Mexican worker paid Garcia-Jimenez to help him walk through the tunnel to enter the U.S. On March 18, Garcia-Jimenez drove that worker to the tunnel and instructed him on when to enter the tunnel to avoid the trains, which travel 1.6 miles underground in the tunnel to transport cargo between Detroit and Windsor
The worker got through safely, but was arrested by U.S. Border patrol agents on arrival in Detroit.
Four months later, border agents made a similar bust.
On July 15, federal agents arrested two more individuals exiting the tunnel. They identified Garcia-Jimenez as the smuggler, to whom they each paid $1,500 to be smuggled into the U.S.
Two weeks later, two more immigrants showed up.
On July 30, border Border Patrol agents arrested two more individuals who had traveled through the underground railroad tunnel. They also identified Garcia-Jimenez as the smuggler, and said they each paid him $1,500 each for his help sneaking through the tunnel.
Garcia-Jiminez has a bond hearing on Thursday, when a judge will decide whether to keep him locked up or release him on bond.
Garcia-Jiminez's lawyer could not readily be reached for comment.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...el/1136860002/
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08-30-2018, 04:44 AM #2
The first thing that should happen is Canada should strip him of his naturalization so he can be deported back to Guatemala after serving time for his criminal activities in the United States. Actually Canada should be paying for his incarceration but unfortunately we know the system doesn't work that way.
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08-30-2018, 06:53 AM #3
Do not release him on OUR soil. Ship him back to Canada!
Does he have a criminal record in Canada...hand them over to their police department!ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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08-30-2018, 06:57 AM #4
judy
I want to ask you how many dem & Rep are in the wh ? & what in hell do they do( they don't work I say our President or any other President don't need all of them( I say some don't know what the hell they are doing ) just look for a pay check & yes we pay them Our president should not have that many .
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08-30-2018, 07:06 AM #5"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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