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Smuggling illegal immigrants up Interstate 81 brought a Guatemalan man 21 months in federal prison Monday.
Pedro Antonio Antonio Mateo, described by his attorney as a 21-year-old landscaper trying to make extra money by ferrying a passengers across the country in a sport utility vehicle, drew the maximum recommended prison term.
"Such a sentence will foster a respect for the law," U.S. District Court Judge Glen Conrad said. He noted that Antonio Mateo was himself in the country illegally, having apparently sneaked back into the United States after an earlier arrest for people smuggling.
Antonio Mateo pleaded guilty in May to transporting illegal aliens. The plea came just weeks after he was stopped on I-81 in Botetourt County with 11 passengers. One man ran into the woods and escaped as Virginia State Police emptied the GMC Suburban that Antonio Mateo was driving. The other 10 turned out to be in the country illegally from Mexico and Guatemala.
I would class the coyotes and others who bring the illegals into the country as perpetrating human tafficking...ie: slave trade and punish them accordingly. Just change the law...if Mexico will let us.
I would class the coyotes and others who bring the illegals into the country as perpetrating human tafficking...ie: slave trade and punish them accordingly. Just change the law...if Mexico will let us.
Agreed. I too am sure we'd have to run it by Calderon for approval first.
This scumbag was not only arrogantly snubbing his nose at our immigration laws by entering this country illegally but he was literally committing one of the lowest crimes on the books . . . The Sale Of Human Beings. Not to mention risking the lives of innocent citizens from both sides of the border.
Bottom line . . . he should say his prayers every night that I wasn't The Judge!
This scumbag was not only arrogantly snubbing his nose at our immigration laws by entering this country illegally but he was literally committing one of the lowest crimes on the books . . . The Sale Of Human Beings. Not to mention risking the lives of innocent citizens from both sides of the border.
Bottom line . . . he should say his prayers every night that I wasn't The Judge!
Imagine that. If he were an American (non business owner of course) I have no doubt he'd get a minimum of 5 to 10 years. The fact that he did it simply to supplement his income with zero regard for the law should have compounded the amount of time he got.
Imagine that. If he were an American (non business owner of course) I have no doubt he'd get a minimum of 5 to 10 years. The fact that he did it simply to supplement his income with zero regard for the law should have compounded the amount of time he got.
I wonder if he filed and paid income tax on this supplemental income?
Hey Bummer, Of course I didn't, I was just messing with your head. After all you started it.
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