Calif. U.S. Attorney: Santa Barbara Man Charged With Coordinating Maritime Smuggling Attempt Resulting in Three Drowning Deaths
February 22, 2024
February 22, 2024
SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release:
Charges unsealed today against Faustino Romero De La Cruz allege that he organized the attempted smuggling of multiple unauthorized immigrants by boat on April 10, 2022, which resulted in the tragic drowning deaths of three passengers.
Romero was arrested on February 21, 2024, in Santa Barbara. He made his first appearance in feder . . .
Charges unsealed today against Faustino Romero De La Cruz allege that he organized the attempted smuggling of multiple unauthorized immigrants by boat on April 10, 2022, which resulted in the tragic drowning deaths of three passengers.
Romero was arrested on February 21, 2024, in Santa Barbara. He made his first appearance in feder . . .