Smuggler who used tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border pleads guilty
Summary
Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez, a Mexican smuggler involved in a tunnel smuggling operation under the U.S.-Mexico border, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to bring migrants into the United States. The tunnel, linked to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), was used to move migrants and was part of a larger criminal network also involved in drug and weapons trafficking.Key Facts
- The tunnel ran under the border from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, connecting to the city's storm drain system.
- Migrants were charged up to $30,000 to be smuggled through the tunnel.
- The tunnel was about 1,000 feet long on the Mexican side and was built by the CJNG cartel.
- Smugglers moved migrants underground into modified trucks for their entry into the U.S.
- Investigators used wiretaps and surveillance to gather evidence linking the smuggling to drug and gun trafficking.
- Davalos-Lopez faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for conspiracy.
- The case reflects the Trump administration's approach of treating cartel-linked smuggling as terrorism.
- Another associate, Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to support the CJNG as a terrorist organization.
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