{"id":1987172,"date":"2023-07-31T18:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T22:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-human-trafficking-ring-that-allegedly-smuggled-hundreds-of-migrants-hit-with-money-laundering-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T18:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T22:27:10","slug":"texas-human-trafficking-ring-that-allegedly-smuggled-hundreds-of-migrants-hit-with-money-laundering-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-human-trafficking-ring-that-allegedly-smuggled-hundreds-of-migrants-hit-with-money-laundering-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas human trafficking ring accused of smuggling hundreds of migrants faces money laundering charges."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-human-trafficking-ring-that-allegedly-smuggled-hundreds-of-migrants-hit-with-money-laundering-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987172&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Alleged Human\u2064 Trafficking Ring in Texas Faces Money Laundering Charges<\/h2>\n<p>Members of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-releases-interview-with-social-media-influencer-andrew-tate\/\" title=\"Candace Owens shares interview with Andrew Tate, a social media influencer.\">human\u2062 trafficking ring<\/a> in \u2064Texas are facing new\u200d charges of money laundering, adding to their already extensive list of crimes. The group, accused of smuggling \u2064hundreds of migrants \u2064in deplorable conditions, allegedly concealed their\u2063 payments for illegal border crossings\u2064 by disguising them as \u200dcompensation \u200bfor fake construction jobs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Boss Lady&#8221; and three other alleged traffickers conspired to engage in financial transactions designed to conceal the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of ill-gotten\u2063 proceeds\u200d of illicit human smuggling and the unlawful harboring and transportation of undocumented aliens.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b charges were filed \u2063against Erminia \u2063Serrano Piedra, also known as Irma or &#8220;Boss Lady,&#8221; and three men. \u200bAccording to the superseding indictment \u200bfrom\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-man-charged-with-threatening-to-murder-2-us-congressmen\/\" title=\"Missouri Man Charged With Threatening to Murder 2 US Congressmen\">federal grand jury<\/a> in the Southern District \u2064of Texas, the four suspects, who allegedly led the trafficking ring, recruited individuals\u2064 to\u2063 accept human smuggling payments into their \u200cbank accounts and then transfer the funds to\u2063 the leaders as \u200d&#8221;work&#8221; payments for construction.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, they\u200d recruited people to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-restaurant-stops-accepting-cash-due-to-crime\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Restaurant Stops Accepting Cash Due to Crime\">accept cash payments<\/a> for human smuggling and then transfer \u200bthe funds as checks \u200cfrom their business bank accounts. \u2062The indictment\u2063 also mentions the \u2063criminal \u200cforfeiture of three \u200bproperties and significant money judgments.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous\u2064 Charges and Operation<\/h3>\n<p>Three of \u2062the four defendants were previously charged with human smuggling in a September indictment.\u2064 The September indictment included\u200c shocking photos of migrants\u200b crammed in wooden crates,\u200d trapped in the back of tractor-trailers, and hidden in the bed cover of a pickup \u2062truck.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s indictment was the result of a\u2062 large \u200coperation\u200d that arrested 14 alleged human smugglers, led by &#8220;Boss Lady.&#8221; \u2063The operation aimed to \u200ddismantle \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-human-trafficking-ring-that-allegedly-smuggled-hundreds-of-migrants-hit-with-money-laundering-charges\/\" title=\"Texas human trafficking ring accused of smuggling hundreds of migrants faces money laundering charges.\">prolific \u2062human smuggling \u2062network<\/a> that profited from transporting migrants in deplorable conditions.<\/p>\n<h3>Smugglers&#8217; Creative\u200c Tactics and Dangers\u2062 for\u2063 Migrants<\/h3>\n<p>Smugglers have resorted to various creative means to evade\u2062 border authorities and bring their \u200chuman cargo into the country. Recently, smugglers were caught using a \u200bfake U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2064 (CBP) truck to attempt to sneak migrants over the U.S. border in California.<\/p>\n<p>Border authorities emphasize \u200dthe \u2062extreme danger migrants face when relying on smugglers to make the treacherous journey through Central America and across the U.S. border illegally. Tragic\u200b incidents, such as the death of \u206353 \u200dmigrants in an 18-wheeler \u2062disguised as a legitimate truck, highlight the risks\u2062 involved.<\/p>\n<h3>Biden Administration&#8217;s Immigration\u200d Policies<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u2063 the Biden administration has faced\u2064 criticism for \u200cits handling \u2062of immigration,\u200b as\u2063 it has allowed hundreds \u200cof thousands of\u200d new illegal migrants \u2062into \u200bthe country. Over\u200d the past two years, \u200bthe administration\u2062 has utilized parole authority to admit at least 541,000 migrants without visas.<\/p>\n<p>Compounding \u200dthe issue is the expiration of\u200d Title 42, \u2062a COVID emergency rule that facilitated the swift deportation of migrants back to\u2062 Mexico.\u200b Despite \u200cprevious attempts by the Biden\u200c administration to end\u2062 Title 42,\u2062 it expired on May 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>filed against the alleged Texas human trafficking ring members accused of smuggling migrants in terrible conditions. Prosecutors claim the group concealed their payments for smuggling by presenting them as fake construction job compensations. 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