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Smuggler’s Plea Shakes Migrant Justice | Burlington News
A shocking twist in the immigration saga: Armando Paulino Estudillo, an undocumented man with a deportation history, admits he paid Migrant Justice leader José Ignacio De La Cruz to smuggle his girlfriend across the Canadian border. In exchange for pleading guilty to one charge, the government drops another—potentially avoiding a 10-year sentence. Though Estudillo won’t testify against De La Cruz, the plea deal could be a major boost for prosecutors. De La Cruz, who remains defiant and not guilty on multiple charges, was arrested after a traffic stop in June 2025, where investigators found…
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