Crime & Safety

Fort Hood Soldier Accused Of Smuggling Migrants Into Texas From Mexico

Both were held in custody under $75,000 bonds pending detention hearings next Tuesday, June 22.

June 16, 2021

A Fort Hood soldier and a Pennsylvania National Guardsman stationed at the Central Texas installation have been charged with smuggling two men into Texas from Mexico.

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Court records show Fort Hood soldier Ralph Gregory Saint-Joie, 18, and guardsman Emmanuel Oppongagyare, 20, made initial appearances before a federal magistrate Tuesday in Laredo.

Both were held in custody under $75,000 bonds pending detention hearings next Tuesday, June 22.

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