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		</div><h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>Sixteen active duty US Marines arrested for alleged involvement in a human smuggling ring</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>The men are also implicated in a drug trafficking operation, the Marine Corp said</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>Arrests took place on Thursday morning at Camp Pendleton, California, during a battalion formation, a statement from the Marine </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>Eight other Marines were questioned on their involvement in the alleged ring</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>Earlier on July 9, two active-duty Marines, at the same Camp Pendleton, California, were arrested for allegedly smuggling a trio of illegal immigrants near the border </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>Lance Cpl. Byron Darnell Law II and Lance Cpl. David Javier Salazar-Quintero were busted by US Border Patrol agents in California while driving the immigrants on Interstate 8 in San Diego County</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>The three passengers told authorities that they were Mexican citizens in the country illegally and had been picked up from the side of the road</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3d3232;"><strong>Two of the migrants admitted they planned to pay more than $8,000 to get into US and expected to settle in New Jersey and Los Angeles</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323399" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Camp-Pendleton-1.jpg" alt="Camp Pendleton 1.JPG" width="694" height="446" /><strong>The arrests took place on Thursday morning at Camp Pendleton, California , during a battalion formation, a statement from the Marine Corps says. </strong></span><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Eight other Marines were also questioned on their involvement in alleged drug offenses unrelated to today&#8217;s arrests, the Marine Corps said</span></strong></h6>
<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Sixteen Marines have been arrested for alleged involvement in a variety of illegal activities ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses.</span></div>
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<div id="google_ads_iframe_/424397508/dailymail.uk/dm_dmnews_newsart/inread_player_top_0__container__">The arrests took place on Thursday morning at Camp Pendleton, California, during a battalion formation, a statement from the Marine Corps said.<br />
Earlier this month two active-duty Marines were arrested for allegedly smuggling a trio of illegal immigrants near the US-Mexico border.<br />
&#8216;Information gained from a previous human smuggling investigation precipitated the arrests,&#8217; the statement said. &#8216;None of the Marines arrested or detained for questioning served in support of the Southwest Border Support mission.&#8217;</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;1st Marine Division is committed to justice and the rule of law, and we will continue to fully cooperate with Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on this matter,&#8217; officials said in a statement.<br />
&#8216;Any Marines found to be in connection with these alleged activities will be questioned and handled accordingly with respect to due process.<br />
Officials did not release the names of the arrested Marines, and did not disclose additional details of the alleged offenses.<br />
Lance Cpl. Byron Darnell Law II and Lance Cpl. David Javier Salazar-Quintero were busted on July 9 by US Border Patrol agents while driving illegal immigrants on Interstate 8 in Jacumba Hot Springs in southeastern San Diego County, California.<br />
Law and Salazar-Quintero, who were also stationed at Camp Pendleton, admitted to having done the same the night before, picking up another illegal immigrant near the same place about 10.30pm Tuesday July 8.</p>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323400" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/US-border-patrol.jpg" alt="US border patrol.jpg" width="1200" height="797" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Border Patrol agents escort four undocumented immigrants captured near the US -Mexico border on April 23, 2015 &#8211; courtesy Staff Sgt.Scott Tynes</span></strong></span></span></h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Lance Cpl. Byron Darnell Law II and Lance Cpl. David Javier Salazar-Quintero were busted on July 9 by US Border Patrol agents while driving the immigrants on Interstate 8 in Jacumba Hot Springs in southeastern San Diego County, California</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The three passengers told authorities that they were Mexican citizens in the country illegally and had been picked up from the side of the road by a car driven by Law.<br />
Two of the migrants admitted they planned to pay more than $8,000 to get into the States and expected to settle in New Jersey and Los Angeles, court documents state.<br />
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<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">On four different occasions, Salazar-Quintero admitted he&#8217;s been to Jacumba Hot Spring for pick-ups of illegal immigrants.<br />
</span>The first time he returned without picking up anyone, he claimed, while the second time he was promised, but not given $500 for smuggling a man.<br />
&#8216;We are aware of the charges facing Lance Cpl. Law and Lance Cpl. Salazar-Quintero, and we continue to cooperate fully with the investigative efforts into this matter,&#8217; Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Cameron Edinburgh told <a class="class" href="https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/07/08/two-marines-arrested-face-charges-for-smuggling-undocumented-immigrants-for-financial-gain/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marine Corps Times</a> at the time.</p>
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Marines arrested during a battalion formation in California for ‘involvement in a human smuggling and drugs trafficking ring’
