Texas Magistrate Accused of Smuggling Illegal Aliens Across US-Mexico Border
An attorney in Corpus Christi, Texas, who was federally appointed and licensed as a magistrate in 2003 was arrested on Aug. 13 on accusations of smuggling illegal aliens and resisting arrest, according to police.
Jimmy Fullen, a deputy constable of Galveston County, announced the arrest of Timothy Daniel Japhet in an Aug. 20 press statement on Facebook, along with pictures of the attorney and four men he allegedly smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border.
“A licensed Texas attorney and federally appointed immigration magistrate was recently arrested in Kinney County, Texas, for smuggling of a human and resisting arrest,” Fullen wrote.
Japhet was not identified in the release, but Fullen’s post included a photo of his law license, which indicated he was licensed in May 2003. In other pictures, it appears the attorney transported the four illegal immigrants in a black 2018 model four-door BMW….