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By DONNA THORNTON, Editor

An Albertville woman faces federal charges of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court of Northern Alabama.

Arely Guzman, 28, was arrested Nov. 19 by authorities in DeKalb County, accused of “doxing” an Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee while conducting enforcement operations in the greater Kilpatrick/Albertville area, or responsibility by revealing the employee’s personal information.

According to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Homeland Security Investigations Eagle Pass, which operates as the principal investigative arm of ICE, learned of the arrest Dec. 20. Court documents state Guzman had been “identified by HSI Eagle Pass as a member of a criminal enterprise orchestrated by incarcerated inmate (identified in the document only as) Santoyo-Guzman, marked by her involvement in facilitating human smuggling loads and acting as a financial facilitator for the organization.

“Guzman has extensive ties to Santoyo-Guzman criminal enterprise through her relationship with Edgar Daniel Guzman, the cousin of Santoyo-Guzman, as well as her relationship with Alex Corona, a previously identified human smuggler for the Santoro-Guzman criminal enterprise. Guzman has been identified as being an active member in the criminal enterprise from 2024-present date and able to be charged with Title 8 United States Code 1324 – Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens.

“Guzman has not only been identified via her involvement in facilitating human smuggling ventures and moving monetary instruments for the organization but also via her role and involvement in the conspiracy via a substantive smuggling event which resulted in egregious acts to include an aggravated shooting of an illegal alien, extortion, and hostage taking. The event occurred in Houston, Texas, in June of 2024,” court documents say.

The court documents also accuse Guzman of being involved in another act of violence to further Santoyo-Guzman’s criminal enterprise.

“On May 22, 2025, DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) Investigators responded to an incident of physical assault and encountered Arely Guzman and Alex Corona who had physically assaulted a male subject over monetary instruments that were not being returned to Guzman and Corona.

“To get the monetary instrument back, Guzman and Corona physically assaulted a male subject and threatened the family of the male. When encountered on scene, DCSO investigators found Guzman to be in possession of a firearm and narcotics and Corona to be in possession of a firearm, narcotics, and stolen property. After her arrest, Guzman was charged with Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substance – Meth and Forbidden Persons to Possess Firearm, according to the federal court documents, as well as state court records.

“After her arrest, Guzman(’s) cellular device was lawfully seized and a search warrant executed on the device which revealed extensive involvement by Guzman and Corona in human smuggling ventures and communications with Santoyo-Guzman and other co-conspirators. Furthermore, Guzman was documented being involved with smuggling special interest migrants to include Chinese Nationals,” the federal complaint stated.

Guzman has a court hearing set for Dec. 31.

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More info Sand Mountain Leader

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The American taxpayer is the biggest sucker on the planet

Everyone else is leaching the system doing nothing at all and taking all of
Their hard earned money and living lavishly without ever lifting a finger

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Just the sheer size and audacity of the thievery is bad enough but, the lack of just basic oversight by state and federal bureaucrats that allowed it to happen is just stunning. Was everybody just on a perpetual coffee break for FS :banghead:

I find him a very interesting character that will readily admit mistakes.
I mean he was late to the high tech party and bailed on airlines at near the market lows but still has a remarkable track record over a lengthy period of time.

I'm guessing his solution is to spend a frick ton of money on even more social programs that don't work. :banghead:

I'm OK with this but, the fastest way to get 'em out of here is to start prosecuting the people who hire them plus cutting off all public assistance.

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This thread would lead one to think that tariffs do not increase prices, and that we have no inflation.

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One thing being missed in all these discussions is, the yield on the 10 year note. @ cuts in the past few months and we're still solidly above 4%.
I can't help but wonder if, the so called "bond daddies" have a more hawkish outlook on inflation.

Seems like the list of reissued CDL's would be a prime prospecting tool for ICE.

The longterm problem is, once somebody gets on SNAP they're there for life.Then, they're kids view it as a way of life and you have generational dependency.
A high school lamate worked for Pensions and Security in Al. and she told me 10 years ago that when she retired she knew of over a dozen families in the county that were on the 3rd generation of welfare benefits.
Back in the 90's my parents were part of a senior's group that did public service projects and they helped hand out commodities. After a year or so my Dad remarked it's the same people every time. How long does it take to find a job?
This stuff needs to have a time limit unless you truly have a disability and you can't work.

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Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio and his wife, Barbara, have committed to seed Trump accounts, a type of investment account for kids.

“Ray has joined what we are calling the 50-state challenge,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a press conference on Wednesday. “We are inviting every philanthropist in every state across the country to partner with us in building generational wealth for America’s children through Trump accounts.”

The Dalio grant will fund $250 per child for approximately 300,000 children in Connecticut. This applies to children who live in a ZIP code where the median income is less than $150,000. About 87% of Connecticut ZIP codes meet that criteria, according to a CNBC analysis of Census Bureau data.

“Barbara and I believe strongly in the importance of equal opportunity and believe this initiative is an important step in that direction,” Ray Dalio, who is the founder of the investment firm Bridgewater Associates, said in a statement.

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That' how I took it.
Hopefully this will calm the waters as panic selling runs its course.

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The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new initiative dubbed the “U.S. Tech Force,” comprising about 1,000 engineers and other specialists who will work on artificial intelligence infrastructure and other technology projects throughout the federal government.

Participants will commit to a two-year employment program working with teams that report directly to agency leaders in “collaboration with leading technology companies,” according to an official government website.

Those “private sector partners” include Amazon Web Services
, Apple
, Google
Public Sector, Dell Technologies
, Microsoft
, Nvidia
, OpenAI, Oracle
, Palantir
, Salesforce
and numerous others, the website says.

The Tech Force shows the Trump administration increasing its focus on developing America’s AI infrastructure as it competes with China for dominance in the rapidly growing industry.

The initiative was announced four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at establishing a national AI policy framework — a priority for industry leaders who opposed states crafting their own regulations.

Once Tech Force members complete their two terms, they can seek full-time jobs with those companies, who have committed to consider the programs’ alumni for employment. The private partners can also nominate their employees to do stints of government service.

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Annual salaries will likely fall in the range of $150,000 to $200,000, plus benefits.

“We’re trying to reshape the workforce to make sure we have the right talent on the right problems,” U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Monday morning.

The engineering corps will be working on “high-impact technology initiatives including AI implementation, application development, data modernization, and digital service delivery across federal agencies,” the site says.

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