EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A grand jury has charged self-described immigration facilitator for allegedly smuggling 11 pounds of fentanyl powder through a border crossing in New Mexico.
Wednesday’s indictment alleges Daniela Paola Valles imported fentanyl from Mexico and possessed fentanyl with intent to distribute. The charges stem from a November drug seizure at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry involving a vehicle registered to Valles.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found the drugs after a low energy X-ray scan alerted them to anomalies behind the front seats of a Honda Civic approaching an inspection booth, court documents show.
The officer waited, calmly asked the female driver and male passenger for identification, asked if they had anything to declare and sent them and the Honda to a secondary inspection area when they said they did not…