"Panda," a 35-year-old man, sentenced to 4.5 years for smuggling over 2,500 migrants.
A 35-year-old Horizon City man, known as "Panda," was sentenced to 4.5 years in federal prison for leading a human smuggling operation that moved over 2,500 undocumented migrants in six months of 2023. The operation involved a network of drivers and at least 12 vehicles. Orona was also ordered to pay a $250,000 fine. The case, investigated by the U.S. Border Patrol and Texas Department of Public Safety, was partly facilitated by WhatsApp communications.
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