EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Two undocumented migrants were arrested on Monday, July 13 as a result of a stash house being disrupted in El Paso, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas said.
A criminal complaint alleges U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Ysleta Border Patrol Station observed Jorge Lucero-Banda, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, and Diogenes Silva-Orozco, an undocumented migrant from Nicaragua, depart and later return to an apartment that had been under investigation for human smuggling activities, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
A search of Silva-Orozco’s cell phone allegedly revealed numerous videos and photos depicting immigrants inside a separate residence where agents later encountered 14 undocumented migrants. The complaint alleges Lucero-Banda served as a caretaker at the stash house and was paid $1,000 per week. Lucero-Banda and Silva-Orozco are charged with bringing in and harboring migrants, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said…