McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report ) — Two men have pleaded guilty to carjacking a man and using the vehicle to smuggle migrants into the country from South Texas, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Jesus Rodriguez, 19, and Christian Hardy, 18, both of Houston, admitted to stealing a car from a man at a gas station on May 19 in McAllen after the vehicle they were driving had mechanical problems and they needed to smuggle undocumented migrants, U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani said.
The victim tried to stop the theft “and jumped into the passenger side, pushed Hardy out of the vehicle and managed to move into the driver seat. However, Rodriguez then got into the passenger seat, pointed a firearm at the victim and said the vehicle was not worth his life,” Hamdani said in a statement.
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“Hardy and Rodriguez then picked up two non-U.S. citizens from a stash house in McAllen,” he said.