Cuban national convicted in scheme to smuggle hundreds across southern border: U.S. Attorney

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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Cuban national living in Florida was convicted on Friday for his role in an elaborate scheme to smuggle hundreds of people into the U.S. across the southern border, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida said.

Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez, 28, was living in Hialeah while operating an “alien smuggling organization” alongside 11 other defendants.

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The group operated a fraudulent travel service, which they advertised on social media, charging individuals between $1,500 and $40,000 for smuggling services, the attorney’s office said…

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