16 Marines have been arrested and 8 more questioned about trafficking illegal immigrants across the border. Several Marines have admitted to accepting payment in exchange for smuggling Illegal immigrants into LA.
The first Marines arrested on human smuggling charges were apprehended when @CBP agents caught them picking up 3 undocumented immigrants from Mexico; according to court documents, the immigrants told investigators they were paying $8K to be smuggled to Los Angeles or New Jersey. pic.twitter.com/5U8mhojRIE
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) July 26, 2019
According to FoxNews more than a dozen U.S. Marines were arrested early Thursday on a variety of accusations ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses, according to officials.
The U.S. Marine Corps said in a news release that 16 Marines were arrested during a Battalion formation at Camp Pendleton in California. All are members of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, between ranks of E-2 and E4 (PFC-Corporal), a spokeswoman told Fox News, adding that none of the Marines officially has been charged.
“Information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation precipitated the arrests,” USMC officials said in a statement.
An additional eight Marines were “taken aside” for questioning of their involvement in alleged drug offenses unrelated to the main arrests on Thursday, officials added.
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