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Jordanian Man Sentenced for Role in US-Mexico Smuggling Ring

Victoria Macchi

   WASHINGTON - A Jordanian man who pleaded guilty to helping several
   Yemeni men cross the Mexican border into the U.S. was sentenced to
   three years in prison this week.

   Earlier this year, Moayad Heider Mohammad Aldairi, 31, admitted to
   transporting at least six people 400 kilometers -- about four and a
   half hours driving distance -- from Monterrey, Mexico, to the border
   city of Piedras Negras, according to a [1]U.S. Justice Department
   statement Tuesday announcing Aldairi's sentence.

   It was there, in late 2017, that he directed the men to cross the Rio
   Grande into the U.S. near Eagle Pass, Texas.
   He gave several of them construction hard hats and reflective vests so
   they would "blend in after crossing," according to DOJ.
   Aldairi was one of several people paid to aid in the smuggling process,
   court documents show.

   U.S. police arrested him in July 2018, when he arrived at JFK airport
   in New York.
   

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