Three former Fort Hood soldiers were sentenced to federal prison for alien smuggling following an ICE El Paso investigation. According to court documents, Enrique Jauregui, 26, organized a smuggling event in 2024, recruiting fellow soldiers Angel Palma, 21, and Emilio Mendoza-Lopez, 22, providing them location information to pick up illegal aliens, supporting them with instructions, and intending to pay them after delivery.

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