A Honduran national has been charged in federal court on charges he knowingly attempted to smuggle 51 illegal aliens in a refrigerated semi-tractor trailer near the Mexican border near Freer, Texas. The suspect is now facing up to ten years in federal prison.

Nicholas J. Ganjei, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, provided details of the case in a Friday press release that also highlighted some of the more than 230 criminal cases filed in Laredo, Texas, during the last week of November.

According to court records, Alexis Pinot-Duarte made his appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Diana Quiroga shortly after his arrest by Border Patrol agents in Freer, Texas, on November 22. Pinot-Duarte allegedly drove the semi-tractor trailer into the Border Patrol checkpoi

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