13 Marines charged in case related to human smuggling operations

cnn.com ^ | 9/21/19 | Caroline Kelly

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CNN)Thirteen Marines have been formally charged with involvement in human smuggling operations, the US Marine Corps announced Friday.

The Marines will face military court proceedings for alleged violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including failure to obey an order, drunkenness, larceny, perjury and transporting and/or conspiring to transport undocumented immigrants.

 

"Two of the Marines, Lance Cpl. Byron D. Law and Lance Cpl. David J. Salazar-Quintero, both members of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division ... were arrested by border patrol personnel on July 3, 2019 for allegedly transporting and conspiring to transport undocumented immigrants," the 1st Marine Division Press Office wrote in a statement.

In July, 18 US Marines and a sailor were arrested in dramatic fashion for alleged involvement in various illegal activities ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses, according to a statement made to CNN from the Naval Criminal Investigative Services.

 

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[Chauncey Gardiner]

Way back in the day a senior officer (0-5; my outfit’s Exec) was nabbed for human trafficking (domestic help; cooks, maids, gardeners - or so they said) but his wife took the rap and went to prison.

[Regulator]

“transport undocumented immigrants”

Marines can’t bring themselves to call them illegal aliens?

[CodeToad]

Execute them. Any military personnel using their position to act in an invasion of their country deserves no less.

[Chode]

Rule .223

[mowowie]

YES

[MrEdd]

Way back in the day it was usually prostitutes.

[rrrod]

Execute them on live TV.

[CodeToad]

I’d be for that.