Special to the Advance McALLEN — The leader of a smuggling organization and five others have been sentenced for conspiring to smuggle undocumented individuals, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.Saul Torres-Martinez aka Cobra, 42, Houston; Ernesto Mata Pioquinto, 32, Mexico; Marcelino Navarro Sanchez, 31, Mexico; Robert Hernandez, 26, Fresno; Noemi Silva, 39, Wimauma, Florida; and Luis Esteban Martinez, 41, Alamo, pleaded guilty July 6, 2021.Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane found Torres-Martinez to be a leader or organizer of the smuggling operation and imposed a 110-month sentence. Pioquinto and Sanchez received 52 months, while Hernandez, Silva and Martinez received 39,