New
Yo k
woma
pleads
guilty
to
t afficki g
I dia s
i to
the
US
f om
Ca ada
bo de .
New
Yo k
woma
Stacey
Taylo ,
43,
who
was
a ested
a d
cha ged
with
huma
t afficki g
i
2025,
has
ow
pleaded
guilty
to
he
ole
i
a
i te atio al
smuggli g
co spi acy
that
p ima ily
b ought
I dia s
to
the
US
th ough
the
US-Ca ada
bo de .
O
Ja ua y
20,
2025,
Taylo ‘s
vehicle
was
stopped
by
the
bo de
pat ol
age ts
ea
Chu ubusco,
New
Yo k.
Fou
me ,
th ee
I dia s
a d
o e
Ca adia ,
we e
sitti g
i side
he
vehicleWhe
law
e fo ceme t
late
exami ed
Taylo ‘s
cellpho e,
they
lea ed
that
Taylo
had
eceived
coo di ates
fo
the
illegal
mig a ts’
locatio
a d
i st uctio s
fo
picki g
them
up.
The
fou
mig a ts
illegally
e te ed
the
U ited
States
o
foot
th ough
a
wooded
a ea
a d
got
i to
Taylo ’s
waiti g
vehicle,
a d
she
the
d ove
them
away
f om
the
bo de
a d
fu the
i to
the
i te io
of
the
U ited
States.
Stacey’s
ole
i
the
acket
bega
this
side
of
the
US
bo de
afte
mig a ts
c ossed
ove .Afte
law
e fo ceme t
stopped
he
vehicle,
Taylo
admitted
that
she
picked
up
the
fou
mig a ts
a d
expected
to
eceive
payme t
fo
doi g
so.
Additio al
eview
of
Taylo ’s
pho e
evealed
text
messages
that
i dicated
that
she
had
bee
i volved
i
multiple
othe
huma
smuggli g
eve ts
i
the
days
p io .
But
afte
the
Ja ua y
i cide t,
she
we t
back
to
the
acket
a d
was
fou d
smuggli g
illegal
mig a ts
agai
i
August
a d
Septembe ,
2025.
Taylo
pleaded
guilty
to
co spi acy
to
e gage
i
alie
smuggli g
a d
fou
cou ts
of
alie
smuggli g
fo
p ofit.
She
is
scheduled
to
be
se te ced
o
Decembe
3
a d
faces
a
statuto y
mi imum
pe alty
of
five
yea s
i
p iso .
A
fede al
dist ict
cou t
judge
will
dete mi e
a y
se te ce
afte
co side i g
the
U.S.
Se te ci g
Guideli es
a d
othe
statuto y
facto s.
Huma
t afficki g
i
the
US-Ca ada
bo de s
The
US-Ca ada
bo de
is
oto ious
fo
huma
t afficki g
a d
ma y
facilitato s
a e
i volved
i
ga gs
that
ope ate
these
o
both
sides
of
the
bo de .
I
2022,
a
simila
case
of
t afficki g
i volvi g
I dia s
came
to
the
su face
whe
a
I dia
family
f oze
to
death
du i g
a
blizza d
while
c ossi g
i to
the
US
f om
Ca ada.
Ha shkuma
Rama lal
Patel
a d
Steve
A tho y
Sha d
we e
co victed
i
the
case
i
2025.Jagdish
Patel,
39,
his
wife
Vaishalibe ,
37,
a d
thei
two
child e ,
11-yea -old
Viha gi
a d
th ee-yea -old
Dha mik,
we e
fou d
dead
ea
the
bo de
i
Ja ua y
2022.
They
we e
caught
i
a
blizza d
with
tempe atu es
as
low
as
-38C
(-36F).
