Thread: St. Louis - Nine previously deported immigrants indicted after traffic stop on I-44

POSTED 5:05 PM, AUGUST 15, 2018, BY KEVIN S. HELD, UPDATED AT 05:04PM, AUGUST 15, 2018


ST. LOUIS - Nine previously deported illegal immigrants were indicted Wednesday over allegations of their involvement in a human smuggling scheme, US Attorney Jeffrey Jensen said.

According to prosecutors, the incident stemmed from a traffic stop involving a van on August 2 on Interstate 44 near the Six Flags exit. The driver and passenger ran from police at the time of the traffic stop but were each apprehended a short time later.

Police discovered 14 men and 1 woman in the vehicle. They did not have any identification and did not speak English. The investigation was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Authorities determined the driver, 24-year-old Rene Flores-Calderon, was responsible for smuggling the others. He allegedly had illegally re-entered the United States after being deported from Del Rio, Texas to Mexico in 2016.

Prosecutors identified the other eight defendants as:

Eladio Velasquez-Velasquez, 24, who is alleged to have been previously deported from Calexico, California earlier in 2018 to Mexico
Elias Velasquez-Vleasquez, 30, who is alleged to have been previously deported from Brownsville, Texas in 2009 to Mexico
Enrique Sebastian Cedillo-Santiago, 24, who is alleged to have been previously deported from Brownsville, Texas in 2017 to Guatemala
Mynor Lucas Galvez-Galvez, 28, who is alleged to have been previously deported from Phoenix, Arizona in 2015 to Guatemala
Jose David Hernandez-Salazar, 34, who is alleged to have been previously deported from Chandler, Arizona in 2007 to Honduras
Aaron Danilo Rivera-Urbina, 29, who is alleged to have been previously deported from Phoenix, Arizona in 2016 to Honduras
Carlos Joel Perez-Merino, 32, who is alleged to have been previously deported from Phoenix, Arizona earlier in 2018 to El Salvador
Jose Danilo Balan-Boc, 21, who is alleged to have been previously deported earlier in 2018 to Guatemala

Flores-Calderon was charged with eight counts of human smuggling and faces up to 10 years imprisonment on each charge, and an additional 10 years on his own unlawful re-entry charge.

Rivera-Urbina faces up to 20 years imprisonment for unlawful re-entry, because of prior criminal convictions. The remaining seven defendants listed face up to two years imprisonment for unlawful re-entry.

If convicted, all nine suspects could face deportation after finishing their prison sentences.

https://fox2now.com/2018/08/15/nine-...-stop-on-i-44/

Post all their pictures on the WALL of them locked up behind bars!

Originally Posted by Jean

If convicted, all nine suspects could face deportation after finishing their prison sentences.

What is this could thing? I keep seeing could in articles like this one.

Start using will or shall be deported

I still say all felony re-entries should be an automatic 24 months for each count up to 10 years. For example, if you've illegally re-entered 3 times, that's an automatic 6 years. There has to be a deterrent. Catching those who re-enter (felony) and immediately deporting them does not work. There has to be consequences (punishment).

Originally Posted by MW

I still say all felony re-entries should be an automatic 24 months for each count up to 10 years. For example, if you've illegally re-entered 3 times, that's an automatic 6 years. There has to be a deterrent. Catching those who re-enter (felony) and immediately deporting them does not work. There has to be consequences (punishment).

What I was complaining about is after they serve their sentence

Recently all articles say-----If convicted, all nine suspects could face deportation after finishing their prison sentences.

They are not even saying Will be deported after serving 5 years for rape or whatever the crime of the day is, it is could.

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

What I was complaining about is after they serve their sentence

Recently all articles say-----If convicted, all nine suspects could face deportation after finishing their prison sentences.

They are not even saying Will be deported after serving 5 years for rape or whatever the crime of the day is, it is could.

I fully understand your frustration and what you're saying. However, the media isn't responsible for deportations, so they can't really say one way or the other what's going to happen to criminal illegals after they've served their time behind bars. However, we do have something to legitimately complain about when a DHS spokesperson uses such vague terminology.