LAREDO, Texas \u2014 A Mexican national residing in Austin has been charged in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle an 8-year-old child into the United States, according to Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.<\/p>\n
Nanzy Rodriguez-Sanchez has made her initial appearance in Laredo federal court and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing on May 7. Co-conspirators Jesus Luciano, 34, of Austin, and Maribel Jaimes-Hernandez, 27, also a Mexican national, were previously charged for their roles in the scheme.<\/p>\n
The charges allege that all three participated in a plan to smuggle Rodriguez-Sanchez\u2019s minor child into the United States. On October 2, 2025, Luciano allegedly attempted to bring the child into the country by bus in exchange for $5,000. According to the allegations, Luciano was a stranger to the child.<\/p>\n
The complaint further alleges that Luciano provided a birth certificate and claimed the child as his own, but authorities later determined the document belonged to another child. Jaimes-Hernandez allegedly provided the birth certificate in exchange for $1,000 to facilitate the smuggling attempt.<\/p>\n
If convicted, Rodriguez-Sanchez and Jaimes-Hernandez face up to 10 years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine. Luciano, who previously pleaded guilty, could also receive up to 10 years.<\/p>\n
The investigation was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations and Customs and Border Protection. Assistant U.S. Attorney Manuel A. Cardenas Jr. is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n
A criminal complaint or indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAREDO, Texas \u2014 A Mexican national residing in Austin has been charged in connection with a failed attempt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1474],"class_list":{"0":"post-265734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-south-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}