Thread: KS-Man Charged With Transporting Illegals, Including 2-year-

Wednesday December 9, 2009 9:45 AM
Posted: 3:02 PM Dec 8, 2009

Man Charged With Transporting Illegals, Including 2-year-old

29-year old Santos Tomas Ochoa-Bello is charged with one count of unlawful transportation of illegal aliens and one count of unlawful re-entry into the United States after being deported.



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(WIBW) - A Mexican citizen was indicted Tuesday on charges of transporting illegal aliens, including a 2-year-old girl who had been separated from her mother.

29-year old Santos Tomas Ochoa-Bello is charged with one count of unlawful transportation of illegal aliens and one count of unlawful re-entry into the United States after being deported.

According the indictment, the Kansas Highway patrol stopped Ochoa-Bello Nov. 24 on Highway 156 in Barton County.

He was driving a Dodge Caravan minivan carrying a dozen passengers, who, according to the indictment, were citizens of Mexico or Guatemala in the United States illegal.

Prosecutors say six of the passengers were juveniles traveling without parents or legal guardians. The youngest was a 2-year-old girl who had been separated from her mother at some point while the passengers crossed from Mexico into the United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents observed that the girl seemed hungry and had been given only Gatorade during the trip. Her clothes were soiled and she had no change of clothing or diapers.

Investigators say the passengers had made their way from Mexico to a house in Phoenix, Ariz. From there, they arranged for transportation to destinations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where they hoped to join relatives and find employment. Ochoa-Bello had agreed to drive the minivan from Phoenix to Pennsylvania, where he was to turn the van over to another person.

Ochoa-Bello faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000 if convicted on the transportation charge, and a maximum penalty of 2 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of unlawful re-entry after deportation.

The Kansas Highway Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.


http://www.wibw.com/localnews/headlines/78802262.html

2-year-old Separated from Mother Traveled Alone in Van Transporting Illegal Aliens
Wednesday, December 09, 2009

A 2-year-old girl who had been separated from her mother was among the passengers in a van driven by a man indicted on charges of transporting illegal aliens.


Wichita, KS - infoZine - Santos Tomas Ochoa-Bello, 29, a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of unlawful transportation of illegal aliens and one count of unlawful re-entry into the United States after being deported. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 24, 2009, Ochoa-Bello was driving a Dodge Caravan minivan with Pennsylvania license plates when he was stopped by the Kansas Highway Patrol on Highway 156 in Barton County, Kan.

All of the dozen passengers in the van were citizens of Mexico or Guatemala who were illegally in the United States. Six of them were juveniles traveling without parents or legal guardians. The youngest was a 2-year-old girl who had been separated from her mother at some point while the passengers crossed from Mexico into the United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents observed that the girl seemed hungry and had been given only Gatorade during the trip. Her clothes were soiled and she had no change of clothing or diapers.

Investigators determined the passengers had made their way from Mexico to a house in Phoenix, Ariz. From there, they arranged for transportation to destinations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where they hoped to join relatives and find employment. Ochoa-Bello had agreed to drive the minivan from Phoenix to Pennsylvania, where he was to turn the van over to another person.

If convicted, Ochoa-Bello faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000 on the transportation charge, and a maximum penalty of 2 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of unlawful re-entry after deportation. The Kansas Highway Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Anderson is prosecuting.


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