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Sinaloa Cartel Smuggles Venezuelans into the US and Charges Up to US$40,000 Per Person

Thursday, May 20, 2021 10:02

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Pictured above are the four Venezuelan human smugglers arrested in Mexicali. Authorities say some of the migrants smuggled into the US were forced to carry drugs with them.

At least four alleged human smugglers of Venezuelan nationality were detained in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, last week. Authorities said they were working for Los Salazar, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel based in Sonora and the Mexicali Valley.

The detainees were: Neftalí Antonio Ortiz García, 36; Alfredo Alejandro Mejía Parra, 30; Jesús Enrique Mejía Miranda, 25; and Fran Enrique Junior Mejías Vivas, 35. They were arrested in flagrante delicto while transporting 11 unauthorized migrants (also from Venezuela).

As reported by one of the migrants, the Sinaloa Cartel charges up to US$40,000 per person to smuggle someone from Venezuela to the United States. The first contact is made at the Caracas International Airport by a Sinaloa Cartel envoy. The Venezuelan migrants are then flown to Mexico and taken to San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, where they are smuggled through the Arizona desert.

This information was revealed last week after Mexicali municipal agents attended a report about a Chevrolet Suburban truck that was circulating suspiciously on State highway 2, in the Miguel Aleman neighborhood. When they arrived in the area, the officers located the vehicle and ordered them to stop. The vehicle was driving very close to the US-Mexico border wall.

Inside the car were 11 migrants, three women and eight men, who were trying to cross illegally into the United States. The authorities realized that the four Venezuelans mentioned earlier were in charge of the migrant operation.

After they were taken into custody, the four men confirmed that they worked for Los Salazar. They also admitted to have forced some of the migrants to carry drugs into the US on their backpacks.

The 15 people were placed under the jurisdiction of Baja California state officials. Relatives of the 11 Venezuelans who were trying to cross into the US illegally said on social media that they should be released. They argued that they were simply trying to cross to the US in search of better opportunities and encountered the cartel along the way.

The 11 migrants taken into custody

“My relative is ill. She has a leg disability, high blood pressure, and heart conditions. She and her son legally entered Mexico through the Cancun Airport on April 26, 2021, with their valid and legal Venezuelan passport,” Mariela Ortega said.

“I supported them out of desperation to save them. Now I am anguished because they are in Mexican custody”.

An individual identified as Alejandro added to Mariela’s statement and denounced that their family members had their belongings stolen. Alejandro argued that Mexican authorities were planning to file organized crime charges against them even when they were not involved with the cartel.

“They just wanted to come to the United States for a better future, they are good people,” he said.

Sources: Zeta Tijuana; Infobae

Source: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/05/sinaloa-cartel-smuggles-venezuelans.html

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