Immigrant smugglers in San Antonio are turning more violent
Documents show a group led by Jose Miguel Sandoval-Pineda, who has pleaded guilty to a host of crimes, targeted more than two dozen homes for firebombing.Manuel F. was fast asleep that humid September night after a day of construction work when the crash of glass and the crack of gunfire outside his home awoke him.“La mangera!” they yelled, looking frantically for a hose to quell the flames. Firefighters and police arrived several minutes later.
“One thing we’ve seen is a change in smugglers,” Craig Larrabee, deputy special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio, said in a recent interview. “They were nonviolent. We’ve seen more of them involved in violent crime.” Salazar said Cabrera was wanted on felony arrest warrants in connection with the discovery of a tiger held in “inhumane conditions” during last year’s February freeze. The tiger is now at a wildlife sanctuary in North Texas.
Deputies began monitoring that home after an uptick in violent crime, including at least one gunbattle between two moving vehicles. The stash house is in a rural area with large lots and horse farms, not far from truck stops near San Antonio’s city limits.
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