Texas U.S. Attorney: Texas Man Sentenced to Nearly 12 Years in Prison for Holding Smuggling Victims Hostage
January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024
EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release:
A San Elizario man was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso to 140 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit hostage taking.
According to court documents, Luis Lorenzo Salas, 25, operated a stash house where a human smuggling victim from Mexico was being held. Salas created a video depicting himself masked and pointing a rifle at the . . .
A San Elizario man was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso to 140 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit hostage taking.
According to court documents, Luis Lorenzo Salas, 25, operated a stash house where a human smuggling victim from Mexico was being held. Salas created a video depicting himself masked and pointing a rifle at the . . .