24-Year-Old Female Mexican from Arizona Smuggles Hundreds of People Across Border for $15K Each

Tania Estudillo Hernandez, 24

It’s good work if you can get it.

New York Post:

An Arizona woman stands accused of smuggling hundreds of illegal immigrants into the US after they coughed up as much as $15,000 a pop to get across the border, authorities said Sunday.

Tania Estudillo Hernandez, 24, allegedly smuggled between 80 and 100 migrants a month into the country for six months before she was arrested Friday.

Hernandez was busted during a traffic stop while transporting a Guatemalan national, according to El Mirage, Ariz., police.

Authorities were tipped off to the scheme when they received a report of a person being held for ransom at a house in the city.

The caller said there were “multiple people kidnapped including [the caller’s] husband,” police said.

Authorities arrived to the home to find Hernandez fleeing in a vehicle and pulled her over.

During the traffic stop, two smugglers allegedly fled Hernandez’s home with 10 undocumented immigrants, police said.

The 10 migrants who fled while the traffic stop was underway have not been located, CBS affiliate KTVK-KPHO reported.

It might sound like a lot of money for a border crossing when the border is already open, but they used to charge a lot more than this – especially in Arizona, where you can avoid some of the California gang stuff and Texas cop stuff.