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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Human Smuggler Gets Life in Prison for Wreck that Killed 10


Associated Press
      
    PHOENIX, Ariz. — A human smuggler who caused the death of 10 illegal immigrants when he crashed a sport utility vehicle while fleeing from U.S. Border Patrol agents has been sentenced to life in federal prison.
    Mexican citizen Adan Pineda Doval, 22, was convicted by a Phoenix jury in October of 10 counts of transporting illegal immigrants causing death and two lesser charges.
    A federal judge handed down the sentence Thursday, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office in Phoenix.
    Pineda was driving a Chevrolet Suburban packed with 20 illegal immigrants outside Yuma on Aug. 7, 2006 when Border Patrol agents spotted him. He fled, ignoring pleas of the passengers to stop, then swerved to avoid a spike-strip agents had placed in the road and crashed.
    Among the 10 people who died was a 17-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child.
    Three of the 10 survivors testified against Pineda during his trial. He is from the southern Mexican state of Michoacan.
    Human smugglers collect fees from their customers to bring them into the U.S. and on to larger cities like Phoenix, where they can find work or go on to other parts of the country. They often pack as many as two dozen people into large SUVs or pickup trucks for their clandestine trips.
    "This smuggler jeopardized human lives for personal profit,'' U.S. Attorney for Arizona Diane Humetewa said in a statement. "His 'criminal business' and personal greed resulted in the loss of ten lives here. I applaud the jurys verdict and the law enforcement efforts that resulted in his conviction and the life sentence.''

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