Thread: TN-Federal grand jury indicts three men on immigration charg

Federal grand jury indicts three men on immigration charges after Roane County stop
WBIR.com Updated: 4/14/2010 6:46:25 PM Posted: 4/14/2010 6:33:36 PM




A federal grand jury indicted three men on immigration charges Tuesday after a traffic stop in Roane County last week.

Jorge Martinez-Garcia is charged with transporting known aliens within the United States for the purpose of financial gain.

If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison, three years supervised release and a maximum $250,000 fine.

Investigators determined William Alexander Martinez-Serrano and Israel Bonilla-Bonilla were both in the United States illegally. Both are charged with entering the United States without consent after deportation and removal from the United States.

They face up to two years in prison, a maximum $250,000 fine and no more than one year of supervised release.

On April 7, Martinez-Garcia was stopped in Roane County for driving a stolen van from California. According to the indictment, Martinez-Garcia was fully aware of the fact that Bonilla-Bonilla and Martinez-Serrano were illegal immigrants. The indictment further alleges that Martinez-Garcia transported the men for the purpose of financial gain.

The indictment also states that Martinez-Serrano had been deported from the U.S. around March 3 after entering the country illegally. Bonilla-Bonilla also had entered the country illegally and been deported around September 12, 2008.

All three defendants appeared before a U.S. Magistrate in the U.S. District Court in Knoxville on Wednesday.

Martinez-Garcia's trial is set for June 9. Bonilla-Bonilla and Martinez-Serrano are scheduled for trial on June 16.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau and Ninth Judicial District Drug Task Force conducted the investigation.


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Watch the water head fed judge give them low bonds and no ICE detainers.