Cuban man sentenced for running El Paso stash house

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas announced that Cuban national Humberto Yosvany Arriola-Rivero, 30, received a more than 9-year prison sentence for conspiracy to transport migrants illegally, conspiracy to harbor migrants, and sexual assault of a migrant.

Court documents state that Arriola-Rivero managed a stash house in El Paso and he was inside a car transporting more than a dozen migrants that tried to escape law enforcement in April 2023. Federal prosecutors also allege that Arriola-Rivero sexually assaulting a migrant at the El Paso stash house.

A federal grand jury indicted Arriola-Rivero in May 2023 and law enforcement officers arrested him in September 2023. He pleaded guilty in August 2024…

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