Honduran Smuggler Gets Six Years for Trafficking 188 Migrants
Published on Honduras Daily · Oct 9, 2026 · Originally reported October 8, 2026 by La Prensa
Eliseo Henríquez Joya, a 35-year-old Honduran living illegally in Houston, was sentenced to six years in federal prison for leading a ring that smuggled nearly 200 people into the United States in modified cargo trucks and refrigerated trailers with sealed, unventilated compartments.
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