BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A 27-year-old Dallas woman is in federal custody on charges she tried to smuggle a 14-year-old boy into the U.S. from Mexico by using an illegal Georgia birth certificate.
Joanna Gamez-Aguillon was arrested last week at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge in the Rio Grande Valley. Border officers say they became suspicious when the teenagerappeared to be nervous and couldn’t answer basic questions.
The Brownsville Herald reports Gamez-Aguillon acknowledged to authorities that she knew the boy didn’t have legal status to enter the U.S., that the child’s mother in Savannah, Georgia, had bought the illegal birth certificate for $750 and was to pay her $4,250 to bring the boy into the country.
Court documents show Gamez-Aguillon also had her five U.S.-born children with her when she was questioned at the border.
___
Information from: The Brownsville Herald, http://www.brownsvilleherald.com
Copyright © 2018 The Washington Times, LLC.
The Washington Times Comment Policy
The Washington Times is switching its third-party commenting system from Disqus to Spot.IM. You will need to either create an account with Spot.im or if you wish to use your Disqus account look under the Conversation for the link "Have a Disqus Account?". Please read our
Comment Policy before commenting.
