El Paso人口走私组织协调人被判110个月：被走私者坠落围栏重伤，另判赔67.2万美元金钱判决
美国司法部德州西区联邦检察官办公室（USAO）宣布，墨西哥籍男子 Manuel Alejandro Melendez-Cereceres（绰号「Monstro」）现年42岁，因共谋运送外国人并致人重伤，在德州 El Paso 的联邦法院被判处110个月（约9年）监禁，联邦检察官 Justin R. Simmons 公布了量刑结果。
法院文件显示，Melendez-Cereceres 是一个外国人走私组织的成员，负责招募和协调司机与车辆，把被走私者送往藏匿点，或送到交接点由另一名司机接手、继续运往美国内陆。2025年5月15日，美国边境巡逻队探员在 Tornillo 拦截了一起走私活动并抓获一名步行向导；在该向导带领的走私过程中，一名被走私者从围栏上坠落重伤，接受了手术，伤情包括右髋臼骨折、右髋关节骨折、骶骨骨折和右跟骨骨折。探员搜查向导的手机后，发现其与 Melendez-Cereceres 的通讯记录。
Melendez-Cereceres 于2025年6月在住所被捕，随后被控四项与外国人走私有关的罪名；2026年6月11日，他就其中一项共谋运送外国人致人重伤罪认罪。除监禁刑期外，联邦地区法官 Kathleen Cardone 还判处其672,101美元的金钱判决。本案由移民与海关执法局国土安全调查局（ICE HSI）与美国边境巡逻队调查，助理联邦检察官 Mathew Engelbaum 负责起诉。
El Paso Alien Smuggling Facilitator Sentenced to 110 Months: Smuggled Migrant Seriously Injured in Fence Fall, $672,101 Money Judgment Ordered
A Mexican national was sentenced in federal court in El Paso, Texas, to 110 months in prison for conspiracy to transport aliens resulting in serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced. Manuel Alejandro Melendez-Cereceres, also known as "Monstro," 42, was a member of an alien smuggling organization.
According to court documents, Melendez-Cereceres recruited and coordinated drivers and vehicles to transport smuggled aliens either to harboring locations or to exchange points where they would be picked up by an additional driver and transported further into the United States. On May 15, 2025, U.S. Border Patrol agents in Tornillo interdicted a smuggling event and apprehended a foot guide. During that event, one of the smuggled aliens fell from a fence and suffered serious bodily injuries requiring surgery for a right hip socket fracture, a right hip joint fracture, a sacral fracture and a right heel bone fracture. A search of the foot guide's cell phone revealed communications with Melendez-Cereceres.
Melendez-Cereceres was arrested at his residence in June 2025 and indicted on four counts related to alien smuggling. On June 11, 2026, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to transport aliens resulting in serious bodily injury. In addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ordered a money judgment of $672,101. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Mathew Engelbaum prosecuted it.
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