Smuggling ring allegedly used black drivers to avoid racial profiling (illegal, conspiracy)

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You just can't make this stuff up!

In the calculus of cross-border human smuggling, Maria Lopez-Diaz allegedly concluded that black instead of brown equals green.

The 60-year-old Compton woman, prosecutors say, tried to cash in on racial profiling by operating a human smuggling ring that hired mostly African American drivers who didn't speak a word of Spanish to ferry small groups of immigrants from Mexico to Los Angeles.

In the end, the alleged venture failed. Authorities announced charges Thursday against Lopez-Diaz and four others, including conspiracy and transporting and harboring illegal immigrants. Lopez-Diaz, two family members and a driver were arrested by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol.

A second driver facing a conspiracy charge, 32-year-old Yvette "Hazel" Binford, remains at large.

Authorities said the group's approach was the latest innovation they have seen in the evolving trade of sneaking illegal immigrants into the United States.

More with an interesting picture at link!


Smuggling ring allegedly used black drivers to avoid racial profiling - latimes.com

[MrClose]

C'mon all you lefties and bleeding hearts.

I know that there are a lot of 'words' on the linked page but at least .. take a look at the picture!