Former Xolos star sentenced to time served for smuggling undocumented women through Otay Mesa border [Breaking]
According to prosecutors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Enríquez, who has not played professionally since 2018, tried to drive into the U.S. around 5 a.m. on Sept. 11 through a SENTRI lane at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. While at the customs booth, an officer shined a flashlight into the back of his Cadillac SUV and noticed a dark blanket covering something.
Officers searched the SUV and found two Mexican women hiding in the vehicle, a CBP officer wrote in a probable cause statement filed with the court. Enríquez, who had presented a B1/B2 business and tourism visa in the SENTRI lane, denied knowing the women were in his vehicle. Prosecutors did not file a sentencing memorandum and offered no argument at sentencing, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Enríquez’s sentencing memo told a rags-to-riches life story about a boy and his eight siblings who grew up in the bakery that his father ran out of their home in a small town in the Mexican state of Colima. Enríquez signed his first professional contract at 18, launching a 20-year career. His attorney described him as a devoted husband to his wife of 12 years and a “wonderful father” of two.
“Prior to this offense, Raul had decades of exemplary behavior and never had any run-ins with the law,” defense attorney Anton Vialtsin wrote. “Moreover, his actions in this case were aberrational, a wayward departure from the person he has been his entire life. He dedicated his life to soccer and was a role model to thousands of fans.”
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