Car-owner gets 4 years for aiding illegals

[951-Riverside]

Source: UPI

The owner of a car involved in a deadly crash in Utah while transporting illegal immigrants has been sentenced to four years in a U.S. prison.

Bruno Garcia-Lopez, also known as Neftali Espinoza and Adolfo Manuel Espinoza, faces deportation once he is released, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. A federal judge imposed the sentence Wednesday for aiding and abetting the transportation of illegal immigrants.

Garcia-Lopez pleaded guilty, admitting that he knew his Chevrolet Suburban was being used to ferry people who had crossed the Mexican border illegally into Arizona to other parts of the United States. There were 14 people on board when the vehicle rolled over on a highway south of Bluff, Utah, in April 2007.

Eight of the passengers were killed.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/08/07/Car-owner_gets_4_years_for_aiding_illegals/UPI-37841218143232/

[Juneboarder]

1. This sounds just like the story that was posted earlier about

the crash in Arizona with 19 people; 9 died... craziness. Maybe they're trying to drive up to Canada to escape USA?