A West Texas man will spend years in prison for organizing a smuggling operation involving thousands of illegal immigrants.
According to court documents, 35-year-old Isai Orona, also known as Panda, was identified as the organizer of the human smuggling scheme.Orona admitted to smuggling over 2,500 undocumented noncitizens within approximately six months in 2023. Many car loads of undocumented noncitizens were taken to Albuquerque, New Mexico and on to other locations.
Orona had been identified in WhatsApp communications, which the organization used for coordinating criminal activity. Additionally, when U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a co-conspirator who had been transporting nine undocumented noncitizens in El Paso, the vehicle used was registered to Orona.Orona was arrested Nov. 20, 2023. He pleaded guilty on July 12, 2024, to one count of conspiracy to transport aliens and one count of transporting aliens.
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