Posted on 08/21/2020 1:59:19 PM PDT by bitt
ICE HSI agents work with Mexico, Guatemala, Spain and Austria to disrupt and dismantle the Popescu alien smuggling organization SAN DIEGO – Luigi Cristinel Popescu of Cernatesti, a Romanian national, was extradited to the United States over the weekend and made his first appearance in federal court Aug. 17 to face charges that he is the leader of an international alien smuggling network responsible for smuggling thousands of Romanians into the United States. Calexico special agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) worked closely with HSI attaché offices in Mexico, Guatemala, Spain, Austria and with foreign law enforcement agencies in a concerted effort to disrupt and dismantle the Popescu alien smuggling organization.
Popescu was arrested in Bucharest, Romania, by Romanian law enforcement officials August 14 at the request of the United States and was extradited to the United States Saturday, August 15. At the court hearing, Popescu was arraigned on a superseding indictment and ordered detained as a flight risk, by Magistrate Judge Jill Burkhardt. Popescu’s next court appearance is scheduled for September 23, 2020, before U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Bashant for motion hearing and trial setting.
Popescu was indicted by a federal grand jury in late 2019. He is charged in a superseding indictment with one count of conspiracy to bring-in illegal aliens for financial gain, five counts of bringing in aliens for financial gain and aiding and abetting.
“Putting your faith, hope and future in the hands of smugglers is extremely dangerous,” said U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer. “My office will aggressively prosecute transnational criminal organizations that smuggle others into the United States for financial gain.” Brewer praised HSI, the U.S. Border Patrol and prosecutor Timothy D. Coughlin for their excellent work on the case.
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why cant we trade for soros
Smuggled Roumanian nationals? Does the US have that many driveways?
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At first glance, I thought I read ‘interstellar aliens smuggler’ and was in for a real news treat...
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