Ricardo Guadalupe Dominguez, identified in the source as a Mexican national, was sentenced in federal court in El Paso to 42 months in prison. The sentence was issued for his role in facilitating alien smuggling operations. The reported smuggling methods included cross-border tunnels and storm drains. The source does not provide a date for the sentencing, the scope of the smuggling network, or any additional charges or co-defendants. The case was heard in a federal court in El Paso, placing the incident on the U.S.-Mexico border. The source frames Dominguez's conduct as support for smuggling operations rather than a standalone... [Continue Reading]
An Iranian national, Sharon Gohari, pleaded guilty earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn to unlawfully smuggling aliens into the United States and intentionally receiving child sexual abuse material. Prosecutors said Gohari is a naturalized United States citizen who resided alternately in Iran and Nassau County, New York. Over several years, Gohari solicited and received payments from Iranian nationals and others seeking to enter the United States unlawfully in exchange for arranging and facilitating their entry. Authorities said at least one individual whom Gohari aided had associations with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the United States Department of State... [Continue Reading]