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$30,000 per migrant: Accused smuggler pleads guilty in storm-drain tunnel plot in El Paso

CW 35 San Antonio

Sep 18, 2026

$30,000 per migrant: Accused smuggler pleads guilty in storm-drain tunnel plot in El Paso

A Mexican national has pleaded guilty in connection with a sophisticated underground tunnel used to smuggle migrants into El Paso. |!| El Paso San Antonio

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$30,000 per migrant: Accused smuggler pleads guilty in storm-drain tunnel plot in El Paso

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