EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso man was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 15, to over four years in prison after conspiring with others to transport migrants who had illegally entered the U.S. from April 2021 through November 2023, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office from the Western District of Texas.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says since 2021, Mark Anthony Holguin, 28, supervised a smuggling organization that helped transport a significant number of migrants from the Republic of Mexico into the U.S. at El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
“The outcome of this criminal case should remind those involved in human smuggling that their criminal actions are neither going unnoticed nor undetected,” said Jason T. Stevens, special agent in charge for HSI El Paso. “HSI El Paso, jointly with our federal partners, is working tirelessly to secure our borders by identifying, arresting, and prosecuting transnational criminal organizations members responsible for illegally transporting people into and through our country.”
U.S. Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case.
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