A federal court sentenced two soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, to prison following an incident where they conspired to smuggle migrants from the border region into the U.S. interior.
The two soldiers received sentences of 24 and 30 months after pleading guilty in January.
U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo sentenced Isaiah Gore, 21, and Denerio Williams, 22, to 30 months and 23 months in federal prison respectively.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for theSouthern District of Texas said the judge noted, “everyone involved in the scheme knew that wearing a uniform would assist in evading detection or arrest.” “A joint investigation later confirmed Oppongagyare, Saint-Joie, Williams and Palmer each served a role in the conspiracy as drivers who would travel to locations in Texas to transport the in exchange for money. Authorities further confirmed that Gore actively recruited people to pick up undocumented ,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated.
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