Jorge Rodriguez-Bedoya/Colombia/Cocaine Smuggling

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jorge Rodriguez-Bedoya, a criminal illegal alien from Colombia, in Atlanta, Georgia, on charges of cocaine smuggling.

Cocaine smuggling involves the transportation of cocaine across jurisdictional or international lines and constitutes a serious federal narcotics offense carrying substantial mandatory prison sentences. Smuggling networks supply the distribution of cocaine and cause devastating harm to communities. Criminal illegal aliens convicted of narcotics smuggling are subject to both lengthy federal prosecution and mandatory removal proceedings.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers apprehended Rodriguez-Bedoya in Atlanta. He currently remains in federal immigration custody and faces removal proceedings before a Department of Justice immigration judge, with potential deportation back to Colombia.