Oklahoma Woman Sentenced for Transporting Illegal Aliens

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Yvette Davila, age 34, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced today to time served (23 days in jail), followed by a one-year period of supervised release, and to pay a fine of $1,000, for transporting two illegal aliens within the United States.

The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Robert N. Garcia, Chief Patrol Agent, United States Border Patrol, Swanton Sector.

On December 19, 2018, Davila drove to the international border near Trout River, New York, from Chelsea, Massachusetts, where she met with and picked up two illegal aliens from Mexico.  The aliens, Miguel Morales-Moreno and Cesar Ivan Almada-Velazquez, had avoided immigration inspection when they walked across the border east of the Trout River Port of Entry late on the night of December 19, 2018.   

Morales-Moreno and Almada-Velazquez walked to a spot south of the border where they waited for Davila.  After arriving at the border area the morning of December 20, 2018, Davila stopped and picked up Morales-Moreno and Almada-Velazquez.  Border Patrol Agents encountered Davila’s car parked on the side of Route 11 just east of Chateaugay, New York, where they arrested  Davila and her two passengers.

The passengers, Miguel Morales-Moreno, age 43, and Cesar Ivan Almada-Velazquez, age 38, citizens of Mexico, were convicted of the misdemeanor offense of entry without inspection by an alien on January 3, 2019 and each sentenced to 20 days in jail.    

This case was investigated by Border Patrol and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.