Texas Man Sentenced To Prison For Using Cross-Border Tunnel To Smuggle Migrants—
Inside an underground tunnel
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AmanfromTexaswassentencedtoalmostthreeyearsinprisonforusingacross-bordertunneltosmugglemigrants.
Themaninquestion,20-year-oldOscarIvanCarrillo,workedwithotherco-conspiratorstocreatetunnelsconnectingtoastormdrain.
HeandothersguidedmigrantsthroughthetunneltoreachElPaso,fromwhereaboxtruckwithatrapdoordroveoveramanholecover,accordingtoBorderReport.Migrantswouldthenclimboutthetunnelandthroughthetrapdoorwithoutbeingdetected.
ThetunnelwasfoundinJanuary2025.Carillowasnamedinafour-countindictmentinAprilandarrestedinJune.InNovemberhepleadedguiltytoonecountofconspiracytouseabordertunnelandhasnowbeensentencedto33monthsinprison.
Authoritieshavefoundseveraltunnelsthroughouttheyears,andtheDepartmentofHomelandSecuritybeganinNovembertheprocesstoallocate$100milliontolocateanddestroysuchinfrastructure.
Authoritiesnoteditisdesignedto“providecontinuousdetectioncapabilitiesinhigh-riskareas,&
