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Cartel Smuggler Sentenced to 70 Months for Migrant Death

3/10/2026

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Alejandro Hernandez-Alcudia, a 24-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for a fatal smuggling case.
He abandoned a migrant in the South Texas brush, causing the man's death from heat stroke.
Hernandez-Alcudia had been smuggling for three months and was linked to Cartel del Noreste.
The investigation involved multiple federal agencies and aims to dismantle cartel networks along the border.

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Alejandro Hernandez-Alcudia, a 24-year-old Mexican national, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for a fatal smuggling case.
He abandoned a migrant in the South Texas brush, causing the man's death from heat stroke.
Hernandez-Alcudia had been smuggling for three months and was linked to Cartel del Noreste.
The investigation involved multiple federal agencies and aims to dismantle cartel networks along the border.