HUMAN SMUGGLING: Five individuals involved in a human smuggling conspiracy in Houston have been sentenced for their roles in a stash house discovery in April 2021.
Henry Licona-Larious, 34, is the apparent leader of the conspiracy and pleaded guilty on May 24, 2022. Licona-Larious, along with the four others involved, are non-U.S. citizens and were residing in Houston illegally.
Investigators were led to a home on Chessington Drive in 2021 in southwest Houston where authorities found 97 illegal migrants being held in two rooms inside the home. The rooms were said to have deadbolts on the doors facing the outside which prevented them from leaving. Licona-Larious was not the only one involved in the smuggling case. Four other people also pleaded guilty to their roles and were previously sentenced.
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