By Robert Moore, El Paso Matters Sixteen people were indicted in El Paso on charges of illegal re-entry into the United States and violating a military regulation, days after a federal magistrate ruled the government hadn’t shown probable cause on an allegation that they trespassed on military land. The indictments, in which an El Paso grand jury found probable cause to sustain a charge of violating a military regulation by trespassing on Defense Department land, essentially overturned two days of rulings May 15-16 by U.S. Magistrate Miguel Torres. The indictments are an indication that the Trump administration will continue to push misdemeanor charges of violating military regulations as part of its strategy to reduce illegal border crossings. 

Attorneys for the defendants, indicted May

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