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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SMUGGLING ARMENIANS THROUGH US-MEXICO BORDER
Greenfield Daily Reporter
June 17 2014
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO -- Federal authorities say they've arrested the alleged
leader of a plot to illegally bring Armenian immigrants into the
United States.
The U.S. attorney's office says 44-year-old Grigor Chatalyan pleaded
not guilty Monday.
Prosecutors allege he brought Armenians through the U.S.-Mexico
border using authentic U.S. immigration documents obtained with
fake identities.
Federal officials say Chatalyan's customers arrived in Mexico by
traveling through Moscow, where they were issued counterfeit Russian
passports. Customers allegedly paid Chatlayan and his crew up to
$18,000 to illegally enter the U.S.
Chatalyan was arrested Saturday. The North Hollywood resident faces
up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Two other men who were allegedly involved in the smuggling ring were
arrested last November.
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/358c259ec2e244c0b3e7c380bbcc5ef4/CA--Armenian-Immigration-Arrests
Greenfield Daily Reporter
June 17 2014
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO -- Federal authorities say they've arrested the alleged
leader of a plot to illegally bring Armenian immigrants into the
United States.
The U.S. attorney's office says 44-year-old Grigor Chatalyan pleaded
not guilty Monday.
Prosecutors allege he brought Armenians through the U.S.-Mexico
border using authentic U.S. immigration documents obtained with
fake identities.
Federal officials say Chatalyan's customers arrived in Mexico by
traveling through Moscow, where they were issued counterfeit Russian
passports. Customers allegedly paid Chatlayan and his crew up to
$18,000 to illegally enter the U.S.
Chatalyan was arrested Saturday. The North Hollywood resident faces
up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Two other men who were allegedly involved in the smuggling ring were
arrested last November.
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/358c259ec2e244c0b3e7c380bbcc5ef4/CA--Armenian-Immigration-Arrests