Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Four Charged With Transporting Illegal Aliens

{Charleston, West Virginia}...Four people are facing charges in U.S. District Court in Charleston for allegedly transporting illegal aliens. Miguel Marquez-Jimenez, 24, and Sergio Morales-Jimenez, both of Mexico, have been indicted for working together to transport 14 illegal aliens from Houston, Texas. They were allegedly en route to New Jersey on April 5th when their vehicle was stopped in West Virginia. Authorities say, last month, Jesse James Joslin III, 22, and Daniel Ricardo Gonzalez , 22, of Houston, Texas were also running a similar scheme. They're accused of transporting nine illegal aliens from Houston, Texas to Maryland when they were stopped in South Charleston. Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement handled the investigation.