MIAMI – Federal court documents obtained by Local 10 News on Wednesday identify the three men suspected of smuggling more than two dozen migrants — mostly from China — into South Florida.
A federal criminal complaint states that an astute tipster in the Snapper Creek Lakes neighborhood of Coral Gables noticed what looked like an abduction at around 9:30 a.m. Friday: A man “forcibly shov(ing)” a woman into the back of a Toyota Corolla with Texas tags, parked close to a U-Haul van.
Authorities said the concerned citizen took cellphone video and found a Coral Gables police officer to report it to. Police were able to track down the vehicles to the 6700 block of LeJeune Road, where they took 28 people into custody, including the suspected smugglers: Keiner Cicilia-Rodriguez, Lucas Sedeno-Rodriguez and Jose Luis Villares…