According to the plea agreement, Moktar Hossain admitted that from March 2017 to August 2018, he conspired to smuggle Bangladeshi nationals to the US across the Texas border in exchange for money, according to a statement from the US Embassy in Dhaka. The jail term will be followed by three years of supervised release. Hossain operated out of Monterrey, Mexico, where he maintained a hotel that housed aliens on their way to the US. He paid drivers to transport the aliens to the US border, and instructed them on how to cross the Rio Grande river, the statement read. “The defendant was a key player in an organised smuggling network that operated for profit and preyed on Bangladeshi nationals who wanted to enter the US illegally,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General David P Burns of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

Source: bd News24 January 10, 2021 09:11 UTC