Man and Woman Arrested for Human Trafficking -Laredo Sun -Local News

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A woman and a man from Roma, Texas were arrested by Border Patrol agents for organized criminal activity.

Monday, March 08, 2010

LAREDO, TX.- A woman and a man from Roma, Texas were arrested by Border Patrol agents accused of human trafficking and their involvement in organized crime.

Sheriff agents from Jim Hogg observed suspicious activity, when a subject identified as Dime de la Cruz, at a gas station near Hebbronville.

Minutes later, a woman identified as Ana Karen Quiroz arrived in a Malibu and later she was followed from the station by Dime de la Cruz, who drove a truck.

Later on, authorities observed as these two vehicles were parked on highway 285 about 5 miles east of Hebbronville and Dime de la Cruz was seen aboarding the Malibu.

Several men were detected as they came out of the scrub to aboard the truck. One of the men turned the truck on and as he tried to leave patrolmen stopped them.

In the truck, 15 undocumented immigrants were found and proceeded with the arrest of Dime de la Cruz and Ana Karen.

The illegal immigrants confessed to paying 1,800 dollars per person to be transported to Houston.

Dime de la Cruz and Ana Karen Quiroz admitted being contracted by the immigrants.

Man and Woman Arrested for Human Trafficking -Laredo Sun -Local News