Five smugglers sentenced for holding nearly 100 migrants in Houston home in 'deplorable conditions'
in a home and forcing them to live in"deplorable conditions." Migrants are usually held in stash houses until smugglers can exact a fee from their relatives for their release.were found April 2021 in the two-story home in the 12200 block of Chessington. All the migrants were men and were clothed in just underwear, according to court records. Many of the migrants were starving and at least five tested positive for COVID-19.
The smugglers charged May 1, 2021, are Marina García-Díaz, 22, El Salvador; Henry Licona-Larios, 31, Copan, Honduras; Kevin Licona-López, 25, Santa Barbara, Honduras; Marco Baca-Pérez 30, Michoacán, Mexico; and Marcelo García-Palacios, 21, Oaxaca, Mexico. Garcia-Diaz received a 27-month sentence, while Garcia-Palacios, Licona-Lopez and Baca-Perez were ordered to serve 30 months. All five men could be deported after they finish their sentences.
Homeland Security Investigations began investigating the operation April 30, 2021, after a woman called authorities and said she paid five men $11,000 for her brother to be smuggled into the United States.
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