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Records: Los Fresnos bakery owners arrested after 8 undocumented migrants found in their bakery

Records: Los Fresnos bakery owners arrested after 8 undocumented migrants found in their bakery
2 months 1 week 5 days ago Thursday, February 20 2025 Feb 20, 2025 February 20, 2025 1:58 PM February 20, 2025 in News - Local

The owners of Abby's Bakery in Los Fresnos were arrested after eight undocumented migrants were located and apprehended in their bakery, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Channel 5 News.

Abby's Bakery — located 417 W. Ocean Blvd. — remains closed following the arrests of owners Leonardo Baez and Nora Alicia Avila-Guel. They made a court appearance on Thursday and are being held without bond on charges of harboring undocumented migrants.

As Channel 5 News previously reported, a spokesperson for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to Channel 5 News that arrests were made after ICE agents conducted “worksite enforcement action” at the bakery on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

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The complaint reveals that eight migrants were apprehended during that operation.

According to the complaint, Baez and Avila-Guel "admitted they knew the [migrants] were unlawfully present in the United States in violation of law, and they harbored the [migrants] in their personally owned property."

Two migrants acted as material witnesses and admitted Baez and Avila-Guel were aware of their legal status, the complaint added. The migrants made a court appearance on Thursday and were issued a $5,000 bond.

Baez and Avila-Guel have a detention hearing scheduled for Friday morning.

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