The Brief
- A jury found 48-year-old Noel Mercado guilty of two counts of alien smuggling.
- Prosecutors said Mercado had people hidden in fake wheel wells and a gas tank.
- Mercado said he did not know they were there and had only gone to trade baseball cards.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 48-year-old Jonesboro, Arkansas man has been convicted of hiding four undocumented migrants and bringing them across the Texas-Mexico border.
A Corpus Christi jury found Noel Mercado guilty on two counts of alien smuggling. They deliberated for less than 30 minutes.
The backstory:…