Thirteen Camp Pendleton-based Marines detained in a human smuggling probe in July are facing a variety of related charges under military law, the 1st Marine Division said Friday.
All 13 were charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the law governing the conduct of service members. Their charges include failure to obey orders, drunkenness, endangerment, larceny and perjury.An earlier version of this story said all charged Marines are attached to 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment. It has been updated to say that one Marine is attached to 1st Battalion 1st Marine Regiment. Both units are part of 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton.
Five Marines were charged with having direct involvement in the human smuggling conspiracy, said Maj. Kendra Motz, a 1st Marine Division spokeswoman. All but one of the Marines are assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. A Marine arrested by Border Patrol on July 10 is assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. His arrest had not previously been reported.The next step in the military system will be preliminary Article 32 hearings, which function similar to civilian grand juries. No dates for those hearings were announced.
The investigation into the human smuggling ring started after two Marines were arrested after picking up at least three unauthorized immigrants near Jacumba Hot Springs on July 3, authorities said.in federal court, but their cases were turned over to the Marine Corps.in a mass arrest in front of their peers. Of those arrested that day, 10 have been charged.The Marines declined to release the names of the other service members allegedly involved until their first public hearings.
None of the Marines charged were involved in the overall border support mission at the U.S. southern border, the Marines said.
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