LAREDO, Texas - A Texas woman has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for attempting to smuggle a three-year-old boy into the U.S.

Salma Galilea Veliz, 25, was found guilty of conspiracy to transport, attempting to transport and bringing in and attempting to bring a minor undocumented migrant into the country.

Woman smuggler charged in Texas

The backstory:

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, law enforcement saw Veliz at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge in Laredo, Texas on Nov. 14, 2024.

She had a 3-year-old with her and initially said the boy was her son as she showed a Texas birth certificate. However, Veliz later admitted the boy was not her son and that she had picked him up in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Veliz told authorities she did not know the boy's name o

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