The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that 27-year-old Andres Carrillo-Hernandez, a citizen of Mexico, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with alien smuggling.
Carrillo-Hernandez is accused of transporting a man, woman and child on a raft from the Canadian shoreline at Boyers Creek to near a residence on West River Road on Grand Island on March 15.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Carillo-Hernandez admitted to being paid $2,000 to help the family cross the Niagara River into the U.S…