Mexican was sentenced in San Diego for crossing migrants into the United States by underground drainage, in which his brother died
A federal judge in San Diego sentenced the Mexican to 45 months in prison.
Photo: Andrew Harnik-Pool / Getty Images
A Mexican who tried to cross more than a dozen migrants through an underground drainage pipe on the border between the United States and Mexico During a storm , in which his brother died from drowning, was sentenced this Monday by a federal court in San Diego to four years in prison .
At the beginning of this year, Leobardo Soto Toledo pleaded guilty to federal charges for the death of his brother Diego Soto Castro, which occurred on 29 of January of 2021 .
Federal District Judge Cynthia Bashant gave Soto Toledo a sentence of 45 months in prison in the Federal Court of San Diego .
Leobardo Soto-Toledo guided more than a dozen migrants through an underground drainage pipe at the border, leading to his brother’s death. https://t.co/yMkOFR7grp
Agree with prosecutors, Soto Toledo attempted to cross the border through a drainage pipe that ended on the US side in a metal grate, approximately a mile and a half east of the port of entrance of San Ysidro , under a storm in the area.
When the group ran into the metal grill, Soto Toledo shouted for help and Border Patrol officers came .
When opening the grill, the officers found Diego Soto Castro dead . An unconscious woman was also found floating in the water, but later recovered in a hospital.
According to the documents of the sentence of the prosecution, three of the undocumented paid between $ 8, 000 and 9, 636 dollars to try to cross the border through the drain pipe .
They were going to pay him $ 500 dollars for the job
The payment for Soto Toledo for driving the group of undocumented would be $ 500 Dollars.
Soto Toledo’s attorney wrote in a sentencing memorandum that his client only agreed to guide the group of migrants to support his family in Mexico .
The legal expert indicated that the people that i will lead They took advantage of the economic situation of Soto Toledo, in the same way that they take advantage of the countless people who try to cross irregularly into the United States every anus.
This year there have been other attempts to smuggle people in the San Diego area that resulted in the deaths of migrants.
