#STASH HOUSE FULL#

#STASH HOUSE FULL#

The woman recorded the call, in which her brother repeatedly asked her, “Please help me,” the complaint says.Īnd she received another call while en route from a male demanding that she must pay the full amount of money they instructed. While driving to Houston, she received a call from a woman who put her brother on the phone to speak briefly. They instructed her to bring an additional $6,300 to a Walgreens in Houston for her brother to be released, according to the court document. And she told officers that she was instructed by the smugglers, a man and a woman, to drive from Dallas where she resides to Houston. The caller reported that she paid $11,000 in February to smugglers to bring her brother from Honduras to the United States. The investigation began after authorities said they received a call from a woman reporting her brother had been kidnapped.Īccording to the complaint in the case, HPD received a call Friday about a kidnapping case and met the same day with the caller at a gas station at 3003 Ella Blvd. On : More than 90 migrants found in Houston stash house Magistrate Judge Christina Bryan, who appointed public counsel for all of them and called for a preliminary hearing Wednesday. They had an initial appearance in federal court before U.S. They are Marina García-Díaz, 22, El Salvador Henry Licona-Larios, 31, Copan, Honduras Kevin Licona-López, 25, Santa Barbara, Honduras Marco Baca-Pérez 30, Michoacán, Mexico and Marcelo García-Palacios, 21, Oaxaca, Mexico. Lowery, from the Southern District of Texas, said all of the people charged are in the country illegally. Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Lessįive people have been taken into custody and charged with federal crimes in connection with a stash house in southwest Houston where more than 90 migrants were found Friday by the Houston Police Department.Ī criminal complaint filed Saturday alleges that all five harbored, concealed and shielded immigrants in the country illegally for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain.Īcting U.S. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of5Ī man from Honduras is emotional as he describes his experience with more than 90 immigrants found Friday crammed inside a southwest Houston house Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Houston.

Men who were found in a southwest Houston home with over 90 people living in it are checked into a shelter in Houston on Friday, April 30, 2021. Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of5

Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 3 of5Ī 26-year-old from Hidalgo, Mexico, wears socks and slippers after more than 90 immigrants were found Friday crammed inside a southwest Houston house Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Houston. Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 2 of5Ī man is emotional as he describes his experience as one of more than 90 immigrants found Friday crammed inside a southwest Houston house Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Houston.

Many inside the home lacked proper clothing.

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