Event Brief
Travel Agency Conviction in $20M Smuggling Case
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM ET
UPDATED Sep 26, 2026 at 7:00 AM ET
Summary: A federal jury convicted 28-year-old Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez of running a travel agency that served as a cover for an alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy. Prosecutors said the operation moved more than $20 million through 57 bank accounts and charged migrants $1,500 to $40,000; sentencing is set for Dec. 17.
WHO: Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez, 28, of Hialeah; federal prosecutors and a federal jury in the Middle District of Florida
WHAT: Convicted for conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for financial gain, conspiracy to commit international money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering concealment tied to a travel-agency front.
WHEN: Dec 17, 2026
WHERE: Hialeah, Florida
WHY: The jury found he participated in an elaborate conspiracy to breach U.S. immigration laws and smuggle migrants for profit.
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