Border cops bust 15 Central Americans at the US-Canada border

Published October 11, 2017 5:49pm ET



A Honduran man was charged in the U.S. District Court of Vermont on Wednesday with transporting 15 illegal immigrants to the U.S. through Canada.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged 25-year-old Hector Ramon Perez-Alvarado after Border Patrol officials said he allegedly drove 11 Guatemalans and four Mexicans, including two who had been deported multiple times, from the Canadian border to a hotel in Derby, Vt., according to a Customs and Border Protection statement issued Wednesday.

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