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3 Guardsmen held in smuggling case

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From Times Wire Reports

Three National Guardsmen assigned to the Texas-Mexico border were accused of running an immigrant-smuggling ring after 24 alleged illegal immigrants were found in a leased National Guard van that one of the Guardsmen was driving, authorities said.

Pfc. Jose Rodrigo Torres, 26, and Sgt. Julio Cesar Pacheco, 25, both of Laredo, and Sgt. Clarence Hodge Jr., 36, of Fort Worth, were arrested last week near Laredo.

They were arraigned on a federal charge of conspiring to transport illegal immigrants.

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