{"id":2248619,"date":"2024-05-20T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-crime-victim-coordinator-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling-charge-used-county-vehicle-for-the-crime\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:48:32","slug":"former-crime-victim-coordinator-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling-charge-used-county-vehicle-for-the-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-crime-victim-coordinator-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling-charge-used-county-vehicle-for-the-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-&#8216;Crime Victim Coordinator&#8217; Admits to Human Smuggling, Misused County Vehicle"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fformer-crime-victim-coordinator-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling-charge-used-county-vehicle-for-the-crime%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=2248619&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--><p>Former Texas DA&#8217;s Ex-Coordinator Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling; Using County Vehicle for Illegal Trips. Garza Admits to Scheme of Transporting Illegal Immigrants. Co-Conspirators Involved in\u200b the Operation. Sentencing Scheduled. Read more \u200bat: [Link to full article](https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/). Former Texas District Attorney&#8217;s Former Coordinator, Bernice Annette Garza, has pleaded guilty to human smuggling and misusing a\u200c county vehicle for illicit activities. Garza confessed to orchestrating the transportation of illegal immigrants. The operation involved accomplices, \u2062and sentencing arrangements are in progress. \u2064For more details,\u2063 please refer to the full article [here](https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 20, 2024 at 6:36am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A former crime victim coordinator for a Texas district attorney has pleaded guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-people-dead-after-boats-crash-near-us-coast-officials\/\" title=\"Several People Dead After Boats Crash Near US Coast: Officials\">smuggling illegal immigrants<\/a> across the Texas-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>Bernice Annette Garza, formerly of the Starr County District Attorney\u2019s Office, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of conspiring to transport people in the country illegally, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kurv.com\/ex-starr-county-d-a-staffer-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KURV-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Garza was arrested on Dec. 7, 2022, when her county vehicle was stopped and found to have four illegal immigrants inside.<\/p>\n<p>Garza later admitted she had used the vehicle more than 40 times in six months to bring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/human-smuggling-investigation-underway-police-find-90-people-single-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal immigrants<\/a> to Houston, KURV reported.<\/p>\n<p>Magaly Rosa, who was also arrested with her husband, Juan Antonio Charles, said Garza had recruited her to join the operation, in which Garza produced fake court papers that said the illegal immigrants were crime victims, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/texas\/article\/human-smuggling-guilty-plea-da-official-texas-bord-19465693.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Antonio Express-News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rosa and her husband would keep the illegal immigrants at their home, buy them clothes and feed them, and then join Garza for the trip to Houston, according to a criminal complaint, the Express-News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Charles and Rosa previously pleaded guilty to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cops-bust-attorney-human-smuggling-4-people-found-car-believe-excuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> human smuggling<\/a> charge, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krgv.com\/news\/former-employee-of-starr-county-da-s-office-pleads-guilty-to-human-smuggling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KRGV-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of Garza\u2019s arrest, officials said they were suspicious because the Starr County District Attorney\u2019s Office vehicle kept making \u201cnumerous unauthorized trips to the Houston area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosa was identified as the driver of the vehicle that had Garza and Charles among the other passengers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should those who assist illegal immigrants face harsher punishment?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rosa told the arresting officer during the traffic stop that Garza was the Starr County district attorney, according to the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/home\/article\/Former-Starr-County-DA-employee-indicted-for-17678279.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December report<\/a> in the Express-News, the Dec. 7 traffic stop was initiated in Victoria County, Texas, because of the tinted windows on the van.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to the newspaper, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-docs-reveal-what-triggered-karen-meltdown-on-delta-flight-what-am-i-rosa-parks\/\" title=\"Court Docs Reveal What Triggered \u2018Karen\u2019 Meltdown On Delta Flight: \u2018What Am I, Rosa Parks?\u2019\">criminal complaint stated<\/a> that Victoria County deputies \u201chad previously received information that this vehicle was making numerous unauthorized trips to the Houston area and was suspected of being involved in some type of criminal activity on these trips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosa told investigators that Garza had used the van and her sheriff\u2019s office identification to get the van\u2019s occupants past a checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>She also lent the couple the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGarza gave Rosa the vehicle and a DA\u2019s badge, usually prominently displayed on the driver\u2019s sun visor, and fraudulent court papers naming the immigrants as crime victims, Rosa alleged to investigators,\u201d the Express-News report stated.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing for Rosa, Charles and another person who pleaded guilty in the case is set for June, according to KRGV.<\/p>\n<p>Garza\u2019s sentencing is set for September.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Texas DA&#8217;s Ex-Coordinator Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Immigrants Across Border. 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