墨西哥公民驾充气筏夜渡Niagara River偷渡3人认罪：乘客含9个月大婴儿、预期收费约2000美元
纽约州 Buffalo——联邦检察官 Michael DiGiacomo 10月28日宣布，墨西哥公民 Andres Carrillo-Hernandez（27岁）在联邦法官 Richard J. Arcara 前认罪，承认以商业利益与私人获利偷渡外国人。该罪强制最低刑为3年监禁、最高10年，并可处25万美元罚款；量刑定于2027年3月15日在 Arcara 法官前举行。
据认罪协议，2026年3月15日夜，Carrillo-Hernandez 在加拿大 Ontario 侧 Boyer's Creek 附近的 Niagara River 河岸登上一艘机动充气筏，同船的还有3名非美国公民——一名成年男子、一名成年女子和一名9个月大的婴儿。他驾驶充气筏横渡 Niagara River 与美加边境，在纽约州 Grand Island 的 West River Road 附近靠岸，当时河水温度约为32华氏度（约0摄氏度）。乘客上岸后继续向美国境内走，Carrillo-Hernandez 留在筏上；不久，美国边境巡逻队人员在 West River Road 附近将他与3名乘客一并抓获，并核查了移民记录。Carrillo-Hernandez 向执法人员供称，他预期以约2,000美元的报酬把乘客从加拿大运入美国。
司法部称，本案属「夺回美国行动」（Operation Take Back America）的一部分。案件由美国边境巡逻队调查，主管为代理巡逻长 James D'Amato；由助理联邦检察官 Brendan W. Fitzgerald 与 Evan K. Glaberson 起诉。
Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Three People Across the Niagara River by Raft, Including a 9-Month-Old Baby
BUFFALO, New York — Andres Carrillo-Hernandez, 27, a citizen of Mexico, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to alien smuggling for commercial advantage and private financial gain, U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced on October 28. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of three years in prison, a maximum of 10 years, and a fine of $250,000. Sentencing is scheduled for March 15, 2027, before Judge Arcara.
According to the plea agreement, on the night of March 15, 2026, Carrillo-Hernandez boarded a motorized inflatable raft on the Niagara River shoreline near Boyer's Creek in Ontario, Canada, together with three people who were not U.S. citizens or nationals — an adult male, an adult female, and a nine-month-old child. He piloted the raft across the Niagara River and the U.S.-Canada border to the shoreline near West River Road in Grand Island, New York, when the river's water temperature was approximately 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
The passengers disembarked and proceeded into the United States while Carrillo-Hernandez stayed aboard; Border Patrol agents soon apprehended him and the passengers near West River Road and ran immigration records checks. Carrillo-Hernandez told officers he expected to be paid approximately $2,000 to transport the passengers from Canada into the United States.
The Justice Department said the case is part of Operation Take Back America. The plea resulted from an investigation by U.S. Border Patrol, under Acting Chief Patrol Agent James D'Amato. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brendan W. Fitzgerald and Evan K. Glaberson are handling the prosecution.
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图片来源：图：Buffalo 的 Robert H. Jackson 联邦法院大楼（纽约西区联邦地区法院所在地），本案在此认罪。照片：Philcomanforterie 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse in Buffalo, seat of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, where Carrillo-Hernandez pleaded guilty. Photo: Philcomanforterie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
