Federal authorities in California have arrested and charged alleged leaders of a criminal organization said to have smuggled more than 20,000 illegal immigrants from Guatemala to the U.S. over five years — including seven who died in a car crash in 2023.
The U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement said in a recent statement, “An illegal alien from Guatemala was arrested on a four-count indictment alleging he led one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the United States.”
‘The indictment and arrests here have dismantled one of the country’s largest and most dangerous smuggling organizations.’
U.S. officials said the huge human trafficking ring “smuggled approximately 20,000 illegal immigrants from Guatemala to destinations nationwide over a five-year span.” U.S. federal authorities estimated that illegal immigrants paid the human smuggling
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