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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:09 PM Jul 2019

Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States

Source: CNN

(CNN) Two US Marines are accused of smuggling Mexican immigrants into the United States, according to court documents.

Last week, Border Patrol agents in Southern California were checking hiding spots and tracking footprints near Interstate 8 when one of the agents saw a black car pull off the highway onto a dirt turnaround, according to a criminal complaint.

The vehicle pulled back onto the interstate, and the agent inspected the turnaround area and discovered footprints leading to where the vehicle had been parked, the complaint says.

He called the vehicle in, and another agent pulled the vehicle over about 20 miles east of the Tecate port of entry.

Byron Law II was driving, and David Salazar-Quintero was in the passenger seat, the complaint says. There were three passengers in the back of the car, and they told the agent they were Mexican citizens, had no immigration papers and were not permitted to enter the United States, it says.

The driver and passenger, under questioning, began pointing fingers at one another, the complaint says.

Law told the agent that he was a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and he said that Salazar-Quintero had called him the night of July 2 and asked him if wanted to make a $1,000 for picking up an immigrant, the complaint says. Salazar-Quintero is also a Marine based at Camp Pendleton, and both men are lance corporals.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/us/marines-immigrants-smuggling-charges/index.html



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Marines charged with smuggling immigrants into the United States (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 OP
Not surprising. A few extra bucks. Sheriff Arapaho's deputies got busted doing the same thing underpants Jul 2019 #1
Not all are "heroes" SHRED Jul 2019 #2
Shame on them. Princetonian Jul 2019 #3
They were willing to throw their lives away over a lousy grand? Blue_Tires Jul 2019 #4
They're lance corporals? Ligyron Jul 2019 #5
The few, the proud, the confined to barracks. marble falls Jul 2019 #6

underpants

(182,271 posts)
1. Not surprising. A few extra bucks. Sheriff Arapaho's deputies got busted doing the same thing
Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:16 PM
Jul 2019

But we don't hear about that.

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