BUS PASSENGER ARRESTED AT BORDER WITH $100,000

Bulk cash smugglers continue to attempt to move cash into Mexico, notwithstanding that they cannot deposit their greenbacks there anymore. Customs & Border Protection officers arrested Nereida Moreno-Izaguirre*, a bus passenger. at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Crossing, when she attempted to smuggle $100,186 into Mexico. The money was secreted in her luggage, handbag, and on her person.

Moreno admitted that she received $200 for every $10,000 that she smuggled out of the United States. A Mexican national who is a lawful permanent resident of America, bond was denied to her by the Magistrate.
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* Case No.: 12-mj-02475 (SD TX).