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abcnews.go.compolitics18 days agoSourced
Five Illegal Aliens Charged in Miami Federal Court for Smuggling Dozens by Overloaded Vessel
A Miami grand jury indicted five individuals Wednesday for their roles in an attempted alien smuggling operation that used a small overloaded vessel intercepted off Miami-Dade County. The charges trigger federal prosecution in the Southern District of Florida under statutes that…
yahoo.compolitics24 days agoSourced
Port St. Lucie Man Receives 15 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearm Possession
A federal judge sentenced Christopher J. Buitrago to 180 months in prison after he attempted to import thousands of fentanyl pills through the mail and stored a loaded firearm with drug proceeds. The sentence triggers mandatory supervised release and asset forfeiture that closes…