Del Rio陪审团裁定走私组织三名成员有罪：涉运送移民致死，组织进账逾500万美元
据司法部德州西区联邦检察官办公室发布、Border Report 报道，德州 Del Rio 的一个联邦陪审团10月20日裁定 Alejandro Santoyo-Guzman 人口走私组织三名成员有罪。Israel Ramirez-Perez、Ricardo Rojas Vazquez 与 David Christopher Ewell 被裁定犯有共谋运送移民致死、运送移民致死及共谋运送移民危及生命三项罪名；Ramirez-Perez 与 Rojas Vazquez 另被裁定犯有运送移民危及生命罪。
检方表示，该组织进账逾500万美元；即便 Santoyo-Guzman 已被关押在俄克拉荷马州，三人仍继续参与运作组织。Rojas Vazquez 主管该组织在墨西哥的业务，与 Santoyo-Guzman 是「五五分成」的合伙关系；Ramirez-Perez 是组织的打手，检方指其涉及一宗绑架、一宗谋杀未遂与一宗谋杀。
根据检方发布，Rojas Vazquez 下令杀害 Edgar Ponce Campos，Ramirez-Perez 向其连开多枪；其后 Ramirez-Perez 企图以酸液溶尸未果，改将尸体放入车内浇上汽油焚烧，并向燃烧的车辆开枪、拍摄视频传给 Santoyo-Guzman。Ewell 与其伴侣、同案共谋者 Marcelina Truxillo-Logan 担任走私协助者，两人与负责组织资金往来的同案被告 Jessica Castillo-Guzman 保持联络。
德州西区联邦检察官 Justin R. Simmons 表示：「人口走私组织根本不在乎被走私者的生命、希望与梦想，他们只在乎钱。即便移民已抵达美国，走私组织仍常勒索、恐吓他们及其家人，直到榨取更多费用。」三人的量刑日期尚待法院排定。
Del Rio Jury Convicts Three Members of Smuggling Organization in Transporting Resulting in Death Case: Ring Took In Over $5 Million
A federal jury in Del Rio, Texas, on October 20 convicted three members of the Alejandro Santoyo-Guzman alien smuggling organization, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas, as reported by Border Report. Israel Ramirez-Perez, Ricardo Rojas Vazquez and David Christopher Ewell were convicted of conspiring to transport aliens resulting in death, transporting aliens resulting in death, and conspiracy to transport aliens placing lives in jeopardy. Ramirez-Perez and Rojas Vazquez were also convicted of transporting aliens placing lives in jeopardy.
Prosecutors said the three men helped run the organization, which made more than $5 million, even after Santoyo-Guzman was imprisoned in Oklahoma. Rojas Vazquez led the organization's operations in Mexico and maintained a "50/50 partnership" with Santoyo-Guzman. Ramirez-Perez served as the organization's enforcer and was responsible, prosecutors said, for a kidnapping, an attempted murder and a murder.
According to the release, Rojas Vazquez ordered the murder of Edgar Ponce Campos, whom Ramirez-Perez shot several times. Ramirez-Perez then tried unsuccessfully to dissolve the body in acid; when that failed, he put the body in a vehicle, poured gasoline on it and set it on fire, then shot at the burning car and filmed it, sharing the video with Santoyo-Guzman. Ewell worked as a smuggling facilitator with his significant other, Marcelina Truxillo-Logan, and the couple communicated with co-defendant Jessica Castillo-Guzman, who handled the organization's cash flow.
"Alien Smuggling Organizations care nothing about the lives, hopes and dreams of those they smuggle," said U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas. "They only care about their money. Even once aliens arrive in the U.S., alien smuggling organizations will often extort and terrorize the aliens and their families until additional fees are paid."
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