Texas Smugglers Jailed for Deadly Immigrant Ring

0:00Two Texas men just got hit with heavy prison time for running a deadly immigrant smuggling ring. Jerry Lee Anderson, 29 from Spring, New Houston, drew 14 years. His partner Orlan Wilfredo Padilla, Mario, 25 from Honduras, got almost 16 years. This all went down in federal court under Chief Judge Alia Moses. Earlier this week, another player in the crew, Michael Demon Kennedy, landed seven years and three months for his part. It stems from an October 2022 crash that killed the low driver and two undocumented migrants, plus seriously hurt two more. The vehicle tides strayed back to Anderson and Padilla Mario, who set up the whole operation. These guys built an alien smuggling organization that moved at least 100 people across the border. Padilla Mario recruited drivers to hall folks from Eagle Pass to Houston, splitting fees with Anderson and the drivers. Each migrant paid around $10,000, racking up over $1 million total for the group. Meanwhile,

1:02Feds uncovered a side run, where a horse trailer tried sneaking 11 undocumented immigrants through Galveston County. The bus'd expose how deep this network went, praying on desperate folks for profit. One more codependent, where Shah Jermaine Joshua, faces sentencing on April 7th. Cases like this show the Feds cracking down hard on these deadly ups, saving lives by shedding them down for good. Their rafts Dallas News today brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.