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Two Human Smugglers Sentenced in Drowning Death of Migrant on California Coast

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File Photo: U.S. Border Patrol/San Diego Sector

BOB PRICE

16 Dec 20210

3:12

A federal court in California sentenced two human smugglers to prison following the drowning of a migrant during a maritime incident in May. The smugglers forced migrants unable to swim into the water, leading to one person’s death.

U.S. District Judge John Houston sentenced Victor Alfonso Soto Aguilar and Jose Ramon Geraldo Romero to 71 and 60 months in prison for a maritime smuggling incident that lead to the drowning of Rogelio Perez-Gutierrez, a 43-year-old citizen of Mexico. On May 20, 2021, the two men forced 12 migrants to take off their life jackets and get in the ocean about 80 yards of the La Jolla, California, coast, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.

The migrants followed the instructions and immediately began struggling to stay afloat. Two migrants still in the panga boat began throwing life jackets to the migrants in the water. At that point, the two smugglers saw a lifeless body floating in the boat and sped away toward another beach.

Soto Aguilar and Geraldo Romero beached the boat and fled the scene. A search of the area led to their apprehension. During the law enforcement operation, a witness observed a body floating in the water, rescue worker pronounced the migrant dead on the scene.

Coast Guardsmen and San Diego Life Guards found the remaining migrants in the water and pulled them to safety.

The migrants told investigators they paid the human smugglers between $12,000 and $15,000 each to transport them from Mexico to the United States. They also said they were in fear for their lives throughout the smuggling ordeal.

“A human being is not here because of the risk you were willing to take,” Judge Houston told the two defendants following the sentencing.

“This was a tragedy that never should have happened,” said Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Randy Grossman. “These deadly smuggling incidents are on the rise. We will aggressively seek justice for the victims. But we also urge anyone who is contemplating an attempt to cross the border illegally: Don’t do it. Don’t put your life in the hands of greedy smugglers who care about money, not you.” Grossman commended the excellent work of the prosecution team as well as the HSI agents, Coast Guard officers, Border Patrol agents, and San Diego Lifeguards, for their efforts in connection with the case.

“The U.S. Border Patrol will continue to seek maximum prosecution of individuals who smuggle at sea,” San Diego Sector’s Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke added. “This incredibly dangerous and unpredictable tactic has already claimed lives, yet smuggling organizations continue to enrich themselves by using it.”

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Facebook.

Fact Check: Democrat Falsely Claims ‘There’s No Amnesty’ in Biden’s ‘Build Back Better Act’

JACOB BLISS and JOHN BINDER

16 Dec 20210

2:34

CLAIM: Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) claimed President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better Act,” which she voted for, does not include amnesty for illegal aliens residing in the United States.

VERDICT: False. The filibuster-proof reconciliation package, passed by House Democrats, includes an amnesty for 6.5 million illegal aliens.

During a virtual town hall this week, Spanberger was asked by a constituent how she can “justify” her vote for Biden’s Build Back Better Act, even as she considers herself a “moderate,” since the bill has “provisions regarding amnesty for illegals while our borders are open, and massive expansion of social programs.”

Spanberger claims “there’s no amnesty in the bill,” saying she “proudly” supported the bill.

The bill, despite Spanberger’s claims, includes an amnesty for roughly 6.5 million illegal aliens who would be shielded from arrest and deportation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency while securing work permits, driver’s licenses, and travel documents.

If signed into law, the amnesty would be the largest in American history.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed the amnesty provision — costing American taxpayers about $500 billion over two decades — so long as illegal aliens claim they have lived in the U.S. since 2010.

“About 6.5 million aliens (non-U.S. nationals) would receive parole,” the CBO notes.

Further analysis reveals that the bill’s amnesty provision will ensure that millions of eligible illegal aliens “would be able to receive Affordable Care Act subsidies, Medicaid, the Earned Income and Child Tax Credits, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, often called food stamps), Social Security, and Medicare to a much greater extent than they would without legal status.”

Spanberger is one of many House Democrats who are at risk of losing their seats in either the 2022 midterm elections or as a result of redistricting maps. At least 27 vulnerable House Democrats voted for the amnesty.

Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.