"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat
A woman from Cross Lanes, West Virginia, faces seven felony charges in connection with alleged human smuggling in Cochise County, Arizona.
Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said she traveled there, working with the Mexican cartel to smuggle five migrants across the Mexican-American border. Dannels said cartels target young adults and juveniles through social media to help with smuggling efforts.
“From TikTok to Snapchat, we have examples of it in our office,” Dannels said.
Dannels said 23-year-old Logan Casto was involved in a pursuit traveling more than 110 mph, hoping to make her way out of Cochise County. Deputies said they used spike strips to help stop Casto’s vehicle, and she did not make it.
“They get their instructions, they give them a call, whatever. It may be they come to Cochise County. They wait until told to go to a certain spot near the border pick up the migrants or the drugs and then their number one ultimate goal is to get out of Cochise County,” Dannels said.
Casto, who’s from Kanawha County, is one of more than 2,700 people Cochise County deputies have arrested for border-related crimes since March of 2022.
“If you are thinking about coming to or coming anywhere on the southwest border to partake in international crime dealing with ruthless criminals, the cartels, think twice -- don’t come,” Dannels said.
He said one of the biggest hurdles they face is social media.
“We know what they are doing. We have tried to address social media through congressional meetings, through the federal level state level. Sadly, nobody wants to touch that,” Dannels said. “We have had people tell us they have made over a half a million dollars in Cochise County just smuggling human beings, which I call modern day slavery.”
She gets paid 1,000 per person , but doesn’t get paid if they are captured
ReplyDeleteShe’s cute.
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Those are the ones that will fck your life up, take your shit and move on to the other
DeletePlenty of good looking people who are rotten inside. You should know this from living in nyc
DeleteCJNG IS KING!!!!
ReplyDeleteI work in that area. This is a daily occurrence. Really shitty for the good people who live there.
ReplyDeleteSame. This literally happens every day! People are getting tired of this.!!
DeleteMost human smugglers don’t not work directly with the cartels they actually independent .They are required to pay piso which is 1,000 dollars per person crossing that the only tie to cartels .The cartels are more focus on fighting for the plaza as it’s getting harder to send drugs and there more money now in owning the plaza also more secure as the Mexican government is corrupt
ReplyDeleteI’ll bail her tf out. I can fix her
ReplyDeleteHang these human traffickers from a tree.
ReplyDeleteWhy ? Helping people have a better life in the “land of the free”
DeleteEasy money but easier to get caught
ReplyDeleteI can fix her
ReplyDeleteShe don’t need a fixin
DeleteWhite girl from the east coast stands out--she in the wrong place
ReplyDeleteAtleast she’s trying to work!!! Would you prefer getting high on fent getting government assistance. She gets an A effort
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