A Mexican illegal alien was sentenced to 21 years in prison on July 5 for his role in leaving a female Honduran illegal alien to die on the side of a Texas road in a people-smuggling incident in 2018.
Nelson Bahena-Garcia, 43, was found guilty and sentenced in the Southern District of Texas for conspiring to commit hostage taking resulting in a death, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) said in a release.
During the hearing, the court heard that Bahena-Garcia operated a human-smuggling stash house using threats and intimidation.
The victim, who was a missing Honduran female, was at the smuggling stash house and not released for medical care during the smuggling operation, according to HSI….