An enforcement operation conducted as part of a bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico has led to disruptions and arrests in human smuggling operations, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
On Wednesday, the Mexico Attorney General’s Office conducted a “significant enforcement operation to dismantle a prolific transnational alien smuggling organization operating in Juarez, Chihuahua, along the U.S.-Mexico border,” the DOJ said in a Feb. 20 statement.
The Mexico-based group allegedly utilized smuggling corridors centered in the Anapra, Chihuahua-Santa Teresa, New Mexico area to carry out their operations. The organization employs Mexican nationals, many of whom are either former or current members of various cartels, said the department….