Guilty Verdict in First Illegal Alien Trespass Trial in Texas

Guilty Verdict in First Illegal Alien Trespass Trial in Texas
Lester Hidalgo Aguilar (C) is escorted from the Kinney County Civic Center before his trial for trespassing on a local ranch, in Brackettville, Texas, on May 9, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
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BRACKETTVILLE, Texas—The first jury trial under Texas’s Operation Lone Star border program wrapped up in Kinney County, Texas, on May 9.

The defendant, Honduran native Lester Hidalgo Aguilar, was found guilty of criminal trespass on a local ranch and sentenced to the maximum jail time of one year. The judge declined to apply an accompanying fine, which could have been up to $4,000, but said Aguilar should pay court costs ($290).

Charlotte Cuthbertson
Charlotte Cuthbertson
Senior Reporter
Charlotte Cuthbertson is a senior reporter with The Epoch Times who primarily covers border security and the opioid crisis.
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