butterbean
Joined: 21 Jun 2006
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 Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:46 am Post subject: Human smuggler goes free |
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A human smuggler, charged with six felony counts under Colorado’s new immigration law, was freed because the witnesses who would have testified against him were deported, officials said today.
Enrique Alberto Lopez-Baca, 27, was arrested Nov. 29 by Frisco police for transporting 16 illegal immigrants in a van from Mexico. Lopez-Baca, an illegal immigrant himself, charged each of the 16 passengers up to $2,300.
Summit County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said he received the police report four days later and filed six charges of felony human smuggling, punishable by up to 96 years in prison.
But by then, federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement had deported all the witnesses, Hurlbert said.
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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0%2C1299%2CDRMN_15_5341479%2C00.html |
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