ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man has been federally charged, accused of recruiting drivers and using his homes as a stash house for undocumented noncitizens.
On May 7 Border Patrol agents responded to a sensor activation near the Interstate 25 checkpoint north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and encountered two Mexican nationals, including an unaccompanied 17-year-old, attempting to navigate around the checkpoint. The individuals told agents they were waiting for a man in a red truck who was supposed to bring them to Albuquerque.
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Agents located the driver, nearby in a red truck. The driver admitted he had picked up the group in El Paso, Texas, dropped them off south of the checkpoint, told them to walk around the checkpoint to avoid detection, and planned to pick them up afterward. The driver further identified Brian Ramirez, 25, as a coordinator of the smuggling operation and identified stash houses in Albuquerque and the El Paso area…