Sisters sentenced to federal prison for an attempt to smuggish the Mexican boy of San Antonio – Lonestarlive.com

Two sisters were sentenced to the Federal Prison after trying to set the border agents to let them bring a Mexican boy to the United States using false identification.

Women are US citizens who have tried to bring the 7-year-old Mexican boy to the United States for personal financial profit, said US lawyer at the Southern Texas District Nicholas J. Ganjay in a news message on Tuesday.

Officials have said that Zaine Juliana Vielma Himenenes, at 22 years old, from Nuevo Laredo, Tamalipas, Mexico, and Bianca Jacqueline Vilma Jimenez, 23, from Laredo, pleaded guilty on September 17, 2024 respectively, October 17, 2024 respectively .

US District Judge Diana Saldanya in Larendo has sentenced everyone in prison to be followed by three years of supervisory release.

Authorities said that on July 9, 2024, women arrived at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge in Laredo with their 16-year-old sister and boy. They said they were a family unit and that the boy was their 15-year-old brother.

Officials said they showed the authorities a video and a photo claimed to show the boy with their family and submitted a copy of their 15-year-old brother’s documents, as more proof was their brother.

However, the authorities did not fall for this because the boy in the vehicle was much younger and an investigation found that the boy was not related to women.

The two bigger sisters eventually admitted that they agreed to smuggle the boy in San Antonio for $ 3,000.

“The previous open border policies have paid an inconsistent human fee, most of which have unfortunately fell to innocent children,” Ganjei said. “The Ministry of Justice, and in particular in the Southern District of Texas, will do everything necessary to destroy the market for traffic and smuggling of children. For those who benefit from this misery, you will be found and persecuted. “

Both women were allowed to stay on the bond, but on a later date they should voluntarily surrender to the US Bureau of Prison.

The customs and border defense is investigating the case that US assistant lawyer Jose Homero Ramires is pursuing.