Honduran Illegal Immigrant Suspected of Kidnapping Another Illegal Immigrant

Federal officials charge Honduran national living in New Mexico operating a stash house in latest human smuggling case.

New Mexico State Police officers arrested two people in April suspected of hiding illegal immigrants at a residence in Las Cruces, N.M. N.M. State Police

A Honduran national living illegally in New Mexico was indicted in Los Angeles on Sept. 16 for allegedly helping to kidnap a Guatemalan man, who was also living illegally in the country, and demanding ransom from his family living in Southern California.

Darwin Jeovany Palma Pastrana, 30, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of kidnapping, one count of interstate communication involving a ransom demand, and one count of making a threat.