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Man Deported 14 Times Arrested Again
POSTED: 8:27 am MST February 19,
2008
EAGLE, Colo. -- A man who already has been caught and deported 14 times has been picked up in Colorado again on charges of human smuggling.Eagle County authorities arrested Israel Robles-Gaytan during a traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Eagle County Monday morning.Deputies said they found him driving a Chevrolet Venture van with 13 people who didn't have proper immigration papers. The traffic stop was initiated because the vehicle's license plates were obstructed, according to the deputies.
The driver planned on delivering the twelve adult males to various locations that included Denver, Iowa, and Georgia, authorities said.Robles-Gaytan now faces charges of criminal impersonation and second-degree forgery in addition to the charges of human smuggling and operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license.Robles-Gaytan is being held on bond while the others are waiting to be deported.Authorities said that each time Robles-Gaytan was arrested in the past he gave a different fictitious name.
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