United States v. William L. Callahan

The three named appellants were originally joined with five other defendants (Antonio Hinojosa, Norma Stucker, Ray Stucker, Jeffrey Walker, and Marie Wilks, also known as Mary Weeks) in a ten count indictment. It charged in Count One a conspiracy ( 18 U.S.C. § 371 ) to violate 8 U.S.C. § 1324 (smuggling of aliens), and nine substantive counts of either encouraging or inducing entry of aliens into this country from Mexico; bringing or attempting. to bring in aliens; or transporting and moving aliens within the United States; in each instance knowing such actions were unlawful.

The plan of the conspiracy was to have a Mexican national contact individuals in Mexico desirous of coming to this country. The contact put them in the charge of “a guide” who brought them illegally into San Diego to the Rio Hotel (operated by “Mary Wilks”) where the unlawfully entered aliens would be picked up by the Callahans or the Stack-ers, who would then, in ' rented cars, drive the aliens around Route 5 immigration check points, by passing through remote gates of the Camp Pendleton Marine Base.

The trial of the Stackers was severed, and they became government witnesses against appellants. Three…