2 convicted in US smuggling deaths of 19 illegal immigrants
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HOUSTON - A Texas jury has convicted two men for their part in a human smuggling operation that left 19 immigrants dead last year.
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A federal report released Wednesday on the shooting of a suspected drug smuggler by Border Patrol agents concurs with prosecutors that the men failed to report the shooting, destroyed evidence and lied to investigators.
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Two men were convicted Thursday for their role in the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt &#151; a journey that ended in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants crammed in a sweltering tractor-trailer.
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Federal authorities expect to identify and deport more than 200,000 immigrants this year who are convicted criminals serving time in prisons across the country.
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Russian border guards killed two armed  men on Wednesday who tried to cross over the border from  Georgia, Russia&#39;s FSB internal security service told Russian  news agencies.
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December 23, 2004 - A federal jury in Houston today convicted two men on the most serious counts related to a human smuggling attempt that left 19 people dead.
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REYNOSA, Mexico  - Ecuadorean computer technician Agustina Herrera paid people smugglers $14,000 to slip into the United States illegally two years ago, swimming the Rio Grande, tramping through swamps and nearly dying from snake bites.
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The number of migrants dying while trying to cross the border in Pima County, Ariz., is on pace to set a record.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - The United States has found a half-built smuggling tunnel running under a border crossing checkpoint between Mexico and Arizona, the second discovery of a tunnel in less than a week, U.S. border officials said on Tuesday.
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Two members of Colombia's largest rebel group pleaded guilty Thursday to federal drug conspiracy charges, the first from the organization known as FARC to be convicted of narcotics trafficking in the United States, prosecutors said.
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Russian border guards killed two armed men on Wednesday who tried to cross over the border from Georgia, Russia's FSB internal security service told Russian news agencies.
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A gangmaster is found guilty of money laundering and people smuggling.
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Mexican federal police arrested a  people smuggler who sneaked illegal immigrants, including  Iraqis and Iranians, into the United States, the  attorney-general's office said on Wednesday.
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.
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Â· Cases reviewed in effort to clear backlog from 1994Â· Illegal migrant found working at Home Office
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AT ISSUE: Critics accuse Border Patrol of underreporting number of illegal immigrants who die crossing border. Border Patrol says its vigilance has helped reduce deaths.
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A federal judge Thursday dismissed charges against one of three people on trial in a human smuggling attempt that left 19 illegal immigrants dead.