U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California: Leader and Chief Financial Officer of Human Smuggling Transportation Cell Sentenced to Prison
August 26, 2023
August 26, 2023
SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023:
Lourdes Ortiz Castaneda was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 34 months in prison for her role as the chief financial officer of a vast alien-smuggling organization operating in Southern California for several years.
The organization's leader, Gerardo Rigoberto Barojas-Saavedra, was previously sentenced . . .
Lourdes Ortiz Castaneda was sentenced in federal court yesterday to 34 months in prison for her role as the chief financial officer of a vast alien-smuggling organization operating in Southern California for several years.
The organization's leader, Gerardo Rigoberto Barojas-Saavedra, was previously sentenced . . .