{"id":20171,"date":"2026-05-09T03:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/report-padres-pitching-prospect-pleads-guilty-to-charge-of-transporting-noncitizen-immigrants\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T03:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T03:37:12","slug":"report-padres-pitching-prospect-pleads-guilty-to-charge-of-transporting-noncitizen-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/report-padres-pitching-prospect-pleads-guilty-to-charge-of-transporting-noncitizen-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Padres pitching prospect pleads guilty to charge of transporting noncitizen immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) &mdash; San Diego Padres pitching prospect Humberto Cruz pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving money to transport noncitizen immigrants within the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The San Diego Tribune reported on Friday that Cruz, who is not a U.S. citizen, acknowledged in a plea agreement that he almost certainly would be deported. The Padres told the paper that the 19-year-old also would likely lose his work visa for 10 years, but can reapply after five years if he demonstrates good behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz underwent Tommy John surgery last August and had been rehabbing at the team&rsquo;s spring training facility in Arizona in late October at the time of his arrest near a border town.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in November in exchange for prosecutors dismissing a felony charge, according to the paper. He was sentenced to 30 days in prison with credit for time served.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres placed Cruz on the restricted list in March and declined further comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres signed Cruz out of Monterrey, Mexico, for $750,000 in February 2024.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Report: Padres pitching prospect pleads guilty to charge of transporting noncitizen immigrants<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO (AP) &mdash; San Diego Padres pitching prospect Humberto Cruz pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving money to transport noncitizen immigrants within the United States. The San Diego Tribune reported on Friday that Cruz, who is not a U.S. citizen, acknowledged in a plea agreement that he almost certainly would be deported. The&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/report-padres-pitching-prospect-pleads-guilty-to-charge-of-transporting-noncitizen-immigrants\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Report: Padres pitching prospect pleads guilty to charge of transporting noncitizen immigrants&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}