United States of America v. Yair Alejandro Aguilar-Flores; Angel Eduardo Carrillo-Carrillo; Jorge Alfredo Lopez-Acevedo; Jesus David Reyes-Villagran

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with alleged involvement in a human smuggling conspiracy.

Four Arrested for Harboring a Dozen Illegal Aliens in 2 El Paso Hotels

Four individuals were arrested in El Paso on criminal charges related to their alleged involvement in a human smuggling conspiracy.



Agents from the Ysleta Border Patrol Station's Disrupt Unit were conducting surveillance operations at an El Paso motel when they observed a vehicle outfitted with a temporary license plate. The vehicle had previously been observed at various other hotels known to be used for harboring undocumented noncitizens. Court documents allege that the driver of the vehicle entered the motel lobby briefly before returning to the vehicle and driving away.



Soon after, the agents allegedly observed three individuals cautiously departing from one of the motel rooms and entering a separate vehicle with a temporary license plate. The driver of the vehicle, Yair Alejandro Aguilar-Flores, allegedly admitted to being a Mexican national living in the United States illegally. The two individuals who accompanied him, Angel Eduardo Carrillo-Carrillo and Jorge Alfredo Lopez-Acevedo, were also arrested after the agents determined them to also be illegally present in the U.S. They also acknowledged that additional undocumented noncitizens were inside the motel room.



Upon investigation, the agents located seven more undocumented noncitizens, all of whom were placed under arrest. As agents were concluding their investigation, they noticed the driver of the first vehicle returning to the motel. He approached the room where the migrants had been arrested and knocked on the door. The individual, Jesus David Reyes-Villagran, allegedly admitted to the agents that the motel room was his and that he was returning from dropping off five other undocumented noncitizens at another El Paso hotel.



Aguilar-Flores, Carrillo-Carrillo, Lopez-Acevedo and Reyes-Villagran are charged with bringing in and transporting aliens. If convicted, they each face up to 10 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.



U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas the announcement.



The U.S. Border Patrol is investigating the case.



Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Wang is prosecuting the case.



A criminal complaint is merely an allegation and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.