Guilty plea in human smuggling case that ended with 13 deaths in Imperial Valley [Breaking]
A man who coordinated a human-smuggling operation that led to an Imperial County crash that killed 13 people and injured several others pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Tuesday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Cruz Noguez’s involvement in the smuggling operation included trying to recruit a driver and scouting for law enforcement in the area where vehicles loaded with undocumented migrants would be traveling.In the early morning hours of March 2, two SUVs drove through a cut-open portion of border fence near Calexico, then headed west onto Interstate 8, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors later filed charges against another person, 49-year-old Froylan Cortez Avalos, who remains a fugitive.
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