[Cindy]

Thanks to Calpernia for pointing to this article.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1401317/posts


"(Mexican)Pilot gets six months in prison for smuggling incident (Illegal Chinese)"
San Antonio Express-News ^ | 05/11/2005 | Guillermo Contreras

Posted on 05/11/2005 4:55:03 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A pilot who smuggled four undocumented Chinese immigrants in an incident that initially had homeland security concerns was sentenced today to six months in prison and fined $500.

Christian Delgado Gomez, 22, apologized for his actions, telling U.S. District Judge W. Royal Furgeson that he was so ashamed he could not face his parents."

[Cindy]

stepping back in time...

CNN.com: Washington - "FBI SPY CHIEF ASKS PRIVATE SECTOR FOR HELP" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence David Szady, cited Russia, Iran, Cuba and North Korea among countries he said engage in espionage against the United States, but he focused heavily on activities by Chinese. "There are 150,000 students from China. Some of those are sent here to work their way up into the corporations," Szady said. There are about 300,000 Chinese visitors annually, and 15,000 Chinese delegations touring the United States every year, 3,500 of them in the New York area alone, he said.") (February 10, 2005) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

May 11, 2005
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http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=65126_0_10_0_C

"Agents find immigrants crammed in train"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Border Patrol agents found a pregnant woman and 11 other undocumented immigrants inside a hidden compartment of a train stopped near Combes.

According to a written statement, Border Patrol agents stopped a northbound Union Pacific train for a routine inspection near Combes.

A K-9 officer found a hidden compartment in the train’s engine containing 12 immigrants from Mexico and three Central American countries."