13 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in California Wearing U.S. Marine Uniforms
Border Patrol agents recently arrested 13 illegal immigrants disguised as U.S. Marines and riding in a fake military van, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday.
The illegal immigrants were clad in Marine uniforms when they were apprehended at the Campo Border Patrol Westbound I-8 checkpoint at 11 p.m. on March 14 near Pine Valley, Calif., border officials said. Two U.S. citizens in the van also were arrested.
After the suspicious white van was subjected to secondary inspection, it was determined that the driver of the vehicle and its front seat passenger were U.S. citizens who were attempting to smuggle 13 illegal immigrants into the United States. All of the vehicle's occupants wore U.S. Marine uniforms, reportedly emblazoned with the name "Perez."
"This effort is an example of the lengths smugglers will go to avoid detection, and the skilled and effective police work and vigilance displayed everyday by Customs and Border Protection personnel," the agency said in a written statement.
The van used in the smuggling attempt, according to California's El Centro Border Intelligence Center, was a privately owned vehicle registered out of Yucca Valley, Calif., and was bearing stolen government plates that had been defaced. The center digit – 0 – was altered to read as an 8. Further research through multiple government agencies determined that the plate belonged to a one-ton cargo van registered to the U.S. Marine Corps.
The military referred inquiries back to Customs and Border Protection.
The van entered into the United States via Mexicali, Mexico, and proceeded to Calexico, Calif., where the U.S. Marine uniforms were donned, according to Homeland Security Today.
The Campo Border Station was constructed in June 2008 and is located roughly 28 miles east of San Diego Sector Headquarters in rural East San Diego County. It is responsible for securing approximately 13.1 linear miles of the U.S.-Mexico border and 417 square miles of surrounding territory. An estimated 7,000 vehicles pass through its two checkpoints daily, according to its website.
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Belarusian model who claimed Trump info arrested in Moscow
A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president was arrested immediately upon her arrival in Moscow on Thursday following deportation from Thailand.
Moscow police said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that Anastasia Vashukevich was detained in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on charges of inducement to prostitution along with three people deported alongside her.
Vashukevich, who has been in a Thai prison since February last year, was given a suspended sentenced on Tuesday and ordered to be deported after she pleaded guilty to soliciting and conspiracy along with several co-defendants in a case related to holding a sex training seminar in Thailand.
Vashukevich, also known on social media as Nastya Rybka, earlier claimed to have recordings of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska talking about interference in the 2016 U.S. election, but never released them.
Deripaska is close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and also had a working relationship with Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager who was investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller and convicted last year of tax and bank fraud.
Russian news agencies said that four of the seven people deported from Thailand who arrived in Moscow Thursday were detained, including Vashukevich and Alexander Kirillov, her mentor in the sex training business. They may face up to six years in prison if convicted on charges of inducement to prostitution.
In the early stages of their detention in Thailand, the sex training group sent a note to the U.S. Embassy via an intermediary seeking help and political asylum. Vashukevich indicated she would turn over the recordings she claimed to have if the U.S. could help secure her release, but she later withdrew the offer, suggesting that she and Deripaska had reached an agreement.
A public scandal erupted in early February last year when Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny published an investigation drawing on Vashukevich’s social media posts suggesting corrupt links between Deripaska and a top Kremlin official, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko. The investigative report featured video from Deripaska’s yacht in 2016, when Vashukevich, who has also worked as an escort, was aboard.
On Wednesday in Washington, the U.S. Senate narrowly upheld a Treasury Department decision to lift sanctions from three companies connected to Deripaska.
The Treasury Department says the Russian companies have committed to separating from Deripaska, who will remain blacklisted as part of an array of measures announced in early April that targeted tycoons close to the Kremlin.
Deripaska was one of 24 Russian officials and tycoons faced with sanctions imposed by the United States as Washington stepped up its condemnation of Russia’s actions in recent years, including its 2014 annexation of Crimea, support for Syrian President Bashar Assad, hacking attacks and meddling in Western elections.
The metals tycoon controls a business empire with assets in aluminum, energy and construction and is worth $5.3 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
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Four arrested in Bowling Green following investigations into promotion of prostitution at massage parlors
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Bowling Green Police have arrested several individuals in connection to illegal activity happening in two local massage parlors.
According to an arrest citation, Bowling Green police received tips of suspicious behavior, and researched several local massage parlors online.
The citation says that the phone number of Blue Sky Massage had 39 ads in the past 30 days on websites where commercial sex acts are advertised.
Blue Sky Massage was specifically name in some of the posts.
Detectives conducted surveillance at the business, noticing that the customers were all males.
After a search warrant was executed by BGPD detectives and investigators from the Attorney General's office, Huadi Chen, the owner of the business, was detained.
According to the citation, Chen stated she does not perform sex acts on men, and that she pays a friend whom she did not know the name of to advertise her business on the internet. She told police she was unaware that he had been advertising on sex forums.
Investigators searched the massage rooms, finding what's believed to be semen on beds, floors, light switches and walls.
An employee told an investigator with the Attorney General's office that they change the sheets twice a week.
Detectives watched several customers leave prior to executing the search warrant. They believed the customers had laid on a massage table covered in bodily fluids.
Officials say Chen nor her employee had a massage license.
Huadi was charged with promoting prostitution ( 2 or more prostitutes), 2nd degree wanton endangerment and practicing massage therapy without a license.
On another arrest citation, Bowling Green Police were made aware of illegal behavior at Lavender Massage parlor on 2317 Russellville Road, owned by Li Jionggang.
Police say Jionggang has a massage license for the state of California but has not been transferred to Kentucky.
According to the citation, his two female employees did not have massage therapy licenses. They were cited on July 10.
Two days later, police received word that the massage parlor was back open.
The two women, identified as Lu Yuanying and Lu Caiyuan, claimed they didn't know they could no longer give massages.
Police say, according to people on several local sex forums, Lavender Massage was a very popular destination.
When employees were asked about prostitution, they adamantly denied doing anything illegal.
The owner told police he paid for advertisements that were posted on sex forums but did not know the name of the person he paid.
Jionggang was arrested for engaging in organized crime, promoting prostitution, and practicing massage therapy without a license.
Police said they only saw male customers entering the business.
Yuanying and Caiyuan were arrested for practicing massage therapy without a license and engaging in organized crime.
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