A Texas woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to smuggling unaccompanied illegal immigrant children into the United States from Juarez, Mexico.
Dianne Guadian, 33, together with three other members of a smuggling organization, transported foreign children aged 5 to 13 into the country, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a July 28 statement. Candy laced with THC, the major psychoactive constituent in cannabis, was sometimes used to sedate the children.
Drivers and co-conspirators would claim to be their parents and show the inspecting officers false U.S. documents. Once the group entered the United States, the children were transported to El Paso. In one instance, a child had to be taken to a local hospital after being diagnosed with THC poisoning….