Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the indictments of three illegal aliens who allegedly took part in a conspiracy to smuggle more than a dozen children into the United States.
Blanche told reporters in Washington on June 11 that the individuals, Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, 38, and her brother Carlos Agustin Cahuec Coc, 33, and Gladys Marina Caal Chen, 20, were from Guatemala and arrested in northern Ohio.
According to the acting attorney general, the three submitted numerous fraudulent sponsorship applications to sponsor children and obtain custody of them.
These individuals are what Blanche called “super sponsors,” and thousands of these cases are currently under investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)….