SAN ANTONIO — A Mexican national pleaded guilty in a federal court in San Antonio to one count related to his involvement in the organization responsible for the smuggling of at least 66 migrants in June 2022, which resulted in the deaths of 47 adults and six children.
According to court documents, Luis Alberto Rivera-Leal aka Cowboy, 38, was a member of the human smuggling organization responsible for the failed smuggling attempt on June 27, 2022, that illegally brought adults and children from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico into the U.S.
Rivera-Leal would meet tractor trailers that had transported migrants to San Antonio and further transport small groups of migrants to Houston in his personal vehicle.
Rivera-Leal pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transport aliens placing lives in jeopardy. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Rivera-Leal is the fourth defendant to plead guilty in this case.
Other co-defendants whose cases are still pending include Homero Zamorano Jr., 47, who served as the driver of the tractor trailer; Felipe Orduna-Torres aka Cholo aka Chuequito/Chuekito aka Negro, 29; and Armando Gonzales-Ortega aka El Don aka Don Gon, 54.
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Numbers are numbers and facts are facts,I know that political ideologues will always find excuses to justify their guy.
Biden has ipened the border as wide as can be,giving the cartels the greatest influx of cash that they could ve ever imagined.
In my mind I can only hope that the next administration conducts an investigation,in which out current human corpse will be found guilty,our much hyped up black inmigration Czar will also have to be in front of a judge,it just can t be possible that these incompetent people get away with aiding criminals and cartels.
I, Feigel Dorf & Giovanni Socci are about as ignorant red neck as you can get! Definitely no education!!!!!!!! This is why there are laws against incest………….Maga’s for sure!!