{"id":2378355,"date":"2024-12-10T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-law-enforcement-officers-us-military-prosecuted-for-border-crimes-in-texas-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T08:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T13:30:07","slug":"some-law-enforcement-officers-us-military-prosecuted-for-border-crimes-in-texas-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-law-enforcement-officers-us-military-prosecuted-for-border-crimes-in-texas-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Some law enforcement officers, US military prosecuted for border crimes in Texas &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fsome-law-enforcement-officers-us-military-prosecuted-for-border-crimes-in-texas-washington-examiner%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=2378355&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>Several\u200d law enforcement officers and U.S. military personnel have been prosecuted for border-related crimes in \u200bTexas,including collaboration with Mexican drug\u200c cartels \u2064and participation in drug and human smuggling activities. Recently, three \u200csoldiers from Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) were arrested for conspiracy\u2064 to smuggle illegal immigrants. The situation escalated when a\u200c Border \u200bPatrol agent attempted to\u2063 stop a vehicle involved in smuggling, which led to an eviction and eventual apprehension of its occupants, including three undocumented individuals from\u2064 Mexico and Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers allegedly \u2062conspired to transport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-move-biden-admin-releasing-illegal-border-crossers-into-u-s-without-scheduling-court-dates-at-rgv-sector-fox-news-reports\/\" title=\"\u2018Unprecedented Move\u2019: Biden Admin Releasing \u2018Illegal Border Crossers\u2019 Into U.S. Without Scheduling Court Dates At RGV Sector, Fox News Reports\">illegal border crossers<\/a> further into the U.S., and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/traffickers-plead-guilty-to-smuggling-over-10000-in-endangered-sea-cucumbers\/\" title=\"Traffickers admit smuggling K+ of endangered sea cucumbers.\">incriminating text messages<\/a> were discovered during searches. Charges against the soldiers include bringing\u200d in and\u200b harboring aliens, with one soldier also facing assault charges \u2063for injuring a federal agent during the smuggling attempt. \u200dAdditionally, a former border Patrol agent\u2064 received a 50-year prison sentence for serious crimes involving child exploitation.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Some law enforcement officers, US military prosecuted for border crimes in Texas<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1908122\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Several in law enforcement and the U.S. military are being found guilty of committing border-related crimes in Texas, including working with Mexican cartels and engaging in drug and human smuggling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Most recently, three soldiers stationed at Fort Cavazos, formerly known as Fort Hood in central Texas, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to smuggle illegal foreign nationals. The day before Thanksgiving, a Border Patrol agent attempted to stop a driver in the far west Texas border county of Presidio. As the agent approached the passenger side of the vehicle, the driver sped off and struck a Border Patrol vehicle, injuring an agent inside, according to the complaint. Authorities were later able to stop the vehicle and apprehend four inside as the driver fled on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the four passengers were in the country illegally from Mexico and Guatemala. The fourth was a passenger stationed at Fort Cavazos. The driver, also stationed at Fort Cavazos, was found the next day at a hotel in Odessa and arrested. A third soldier and alleged recruiter and facilitator of the human smuggling conspiracy was also arrested and charged.<\/p>\n<p>Two soldiers allegedly traveled from Fort Cavazos to Presidio with the intent of picking up illegal border crossers and transporting them further into the interior. After executing search warrants, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">law enforcement authorities found text messages<\/a> the three soldiers allegedly sent to each other about the smuggling operation.<\/p>\n<p>One soldier was charged with one count of bringing in and harboring aliens, two were charged with one count of bringing in and harboring aliens and one count of assaulting a federal agent, according the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>In October, a former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 50 years in prison for 10 counts related to the production, distribution and possession of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-minor-sues-twitter-over-sex-trafficking-on-social-media-site\/\" title=\"Second Minor Sues Twitter Over Sex Trafficking On Social Media Site\">child sexual abuse material<\/a>. The former agent produced and distributed hundreds of image and video files depicting a child victim engaged in sexually explicit content, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Also in October, a former police officer in Eagle Pass was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in harboring illegal border crossers as part of a smuggling operation using multiple rental properties, according to another complaint. Also in October, a former elected Starr County attorney was sentenced to more than three years in prison for extortion.<\/p>\n<p>In August, a former National Guardsmen from Alabama stationed in the Rio Grande Valley was convicted of providing information to smugglers about counter-smuggling activities. &ldquo;He also scouted for vehicles he knew contained individuals who were illegally present in the United States in order to thwart law enforcement from detecting them,&rdquo; according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a plea deal, the former Eagle Pass officer explained how he provided information to a smuggling organization and worked as a scout &ldquo;when loads of aliens would move from Starr and Hidalgo Counties to near the Border Patrol Checkpoint in Jim Wells County.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Also in August, a former investigator in the Waller County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office was sentenced to over 12 years in prison for trafficking drugs and cartel money in his marked police vehicle across state lines from Texas to Louisiana, according to another complaint.<\/p>\n<p>In July, a civilian Army employee working at Fort Sam Houston was sentenced to 15 years in prison for five counts of mail fraud and five counts of filing a false tax return after stealing more than $108 million from a grant program. The program was designed to provide services to military dependents and their families, according to another complaint.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the former crime victim&rsquo;s coordinator of the Starr County District Attorney&rsquo;s Office pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal border crossers to Houston using a government vehicle. According to a criminal complaint filed by the county DA, she and her conspirators were involved in more than 40 trips over six months smuggling illegal border crossers from Rio Grande City to Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Also in May, a former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting a $5,000 bribe to provide immigration paperwork to illegal border crossers, according to another complaint.<\/p>\n<p>In April, a Texas National Guard soldier was arrested for alleged human smuggling after a high-speed chase in Brackettville in Kinney County. He was taken into custody by the Texas Department of Public Safety and charged with evading arrest, smuggling of persons and unlawful carry of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a former Army major and seven others were arrested for allegedly trafficking more than 100 military grade firearms to a drug cartel in Mexico. In March, five men were arrested in Laredo, Hebbronville and Falls City for their role in the scheme, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>The above examples solely highlight cases from the past nine months in the southern and western districts of Texas. They exclude hundreds of U.S. citizens and foreign nationals who&rsquo;ve been found guilty of committing similar or worse crimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1908122\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1908122\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement and military personnel face prosecution for border crimes in Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24022754027378.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16097,46485,10401,3694,33489],"class_list":["post-2378355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-law-enforcement","tag-border-crimes","tag-prosecution","tag-texas","tag-us-military"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24022754027378.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378359,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378355\/revisions\/2378359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}