{"id":1185937,"date":"2022-12-09T15:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T21:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1185937"},"modified":"2022-12-12T11:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:56:01","slug":"kilgore-crash-leads-to-mans-arrest-for-allegedly-smuggling-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1185937","title":{"rendered":"Kilgore crash leads to man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arrest for allegedly smuggling persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1185943\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/Torres-Ramirez-175x117.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/Torres-Ramirez-175x117.webp 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/Torres-Ramirez-525x350.webp 525w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/Torres-Ramirez-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2022\/12\/Torres-Ramirez.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>KILGORE- Kilgore Police Department said that on Dec. 3 while responding a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 20, they found six Mexican nationals who were allegedly being smuggled by the driver of a red 2015 Ford SUV. According to our news partner KETK, Adan Torres-Ramirez, 30, of Huntsville, Alabama was allegedly transporting the six passengers to Florida for work. Officials added that none of the passengers knew the driver. During their investigation Kilgore PD interviewed the six passengers and determined that they had only been in the United States a few months and how much the driver and his boss had allegedly charged them for transportation, work and lodging. Torres-Ramirez was charged with six counts of smuggling of persons and is being held on $700,000 bond.<!--more--> The Kilgore PD Criminal Investigations Unit investigated the incident and Texas Department of Public Safety was contacted to assist. According to authorities, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was also notified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KILGORE- Kilgore Police Department said that on Dec. 3 while responding a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 20, they found six Mexican nationals who were allegedly being smuggled by the driver of a red 2015 Ford SUV. 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