AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of a suspect who was allegedly using a fake nursing home as a front for migrant smuggling.
On Thursday, authorities with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Texas Office of the Attorney General, alongside the Department of Homeland Security, arrested Jesus Cantu-Trevino, for conspiracy to smuggle undocumented migrants via air ambulance.
The Attorney General’s Office alleges that Trevino used a fictitious assisted living facility, along with Skyline Air Ambulances, as a means to transport individuals into the country illegally, circumventing border checkpoints.
“To use our taxpayer-funded healthcare system as a cover for assisting illegal immigration is completely disgraceful,” said Attorney General Paxton. “As shown in this instance, exploitation of public programs for illegal alien trafficking will be met with the full force of the law.”
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Health and Human Services are investigating the case.
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