Results 1 to 1 of 1

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

  1. #1
    Moderator Beezer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Posts
    30,906

    Justice Department catches 4 Guatemalan fugitives in effort to disrupt transnational

    Justice Department catches 4 Guatemalan fugitives in effort to disrupt transnational human smuggling network





    Greg Norman

    Thu, August 4, 2022 at 2:54 PM






    Four alleged Guatemalan human smugglers indicted in the U.S. have been arrested as part of a "significant" operation to "disrupt and dismantle a transnational human smuggling organization," the Justice Department announced Thursday.

    The individuals, who were taken into custody in the Central American country by request of the U.S., "allegedly conspired with other smugglers to facilitate the travel of large numbers of migrants from Guatemala through Mexico, and ultimately, to the United States, charging the migrants and their families approximately $10,000 to 12,000 USD for the perilous journey," prosecutors say.

    "These recent arrests are the culmination of over a year’s efforts of international coordination and investigation into this extensive human smuggling operation," U.S. Attorney Ashley Hoff said in a statement. "This specific criminal organization has smuggled a large number of migrants from Guatemala, which included a young woman who died while being smuggled, and whose body was later callously dumped by the smugglers in Crane County, Texas."

    TEXAS OFFICER SAYS FLOW OF MIGRANTS ACROSS RIO GRANDE IS ‘NONSTOP AND VERY CONSISTENT’



    Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images">




    Guatemalan Civil National Police are seen patrolling the El Estor indigenous municipality in October 2021. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images

    The Justice Department said on Aug. 2 that the Guatemalan National Civil Police executed 26 search warrants in Huehuetenango, El Quiché, Totonicapán, Alta and Baja Verapaz, arresting 19 people, including the four fugitives wanted by the U.S.

    They were identified as Felipe Diego Alonzo, aka "Siete," 38; Nesly Norberto Martinez Gomez, aka "Canche," 37; Lopez Mateo Mateo, aka "Bud Light," 42; and Juan Gutierrez Castro, aka "Andres," 45.

    TEXAS KEEPS PRESSURE ON DC AS MORE MIGRANT BUSES ARRIVE NEAR US CAPITOL

    "As a result of the search warrants, law enforcement recovered 10 high-valued motor vehicles, firearms and cash," the Justice Department added.






    U.S. Attorney Ashley Hoff said Thursday that the arrests by Guatemalan police are the "culmination of over a year’s efforts of international coordination and investigation into this extensive human smuggling operation."

    Prosecutors also said "the human smugglers targeted in this operation are alleged to be responsible for the death of a young indigenous Guatemalan woman who died in Texas in April 2021."

    "According to the indictment, the defendants and their co-conspirators guided her for several days through the desert to Odessa, Texas, where she ultimately perished," the Justice Department said. "Upon learning of her death, the defendants and their co-conspirators quickly worked to get rid of the body and discarded it on the side of a country road in Crane County, Texas."


    https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-d...185422644.html







    Last edited by Beezer; 08-05-2022 at 07:54 AM.
    ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

    DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL

Similar Threads

  1. 3 Guatemalan fugitives removed by I.C.E.
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 06-15-2012, 09:12 PM
  2. 3 Guatemalan fugitives arrested by ICE in Boston-area
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 12-07-2011, 06:16 PM
  3. CBP in San Diego Catches 8 Fugitives Over Weekend
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 06-16-2010, 06:15 PM
  4. CBP in Southern California Catches 6 Fugitives with Warrants
    By JohnDoe2 in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 05-05-2010, 01:14 PM
  5. U.S. effort brings alien fugitives to justice
    By Virginiamama in forum illegal immigration News Stories & Reports
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 06-17-2005, 05:51 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •