by Amy Furr at Breitbart
A pair of Guatemalan men who allegedly operated one of the biggest human smuggling rings in the United States have been taken into custody in Los Angeles, California.
The arrests came on Friday when federal agents nabbed the suspects identified as Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul and Cristobal Mejia-Chaj, Fox News reported on Monday.
The men are accused of moving 20,000 illegal immigrants into the United States from their own country over the past few years.
In a statement following the arrests, acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally said such criminal organizations do not regard human lives, and their operations end up killing people.
He added, “The indictment and arrests here have dismantled one of the country’s largest and most dangerous smuggling organizations. This work saves lives, and the members of the organization will now face significant consequences.”
A judge has ordered both to be held without bond, and the Fox report noted that if they are convicted in the case, “they could each face the death penalty.”
The news comes after President Donald Trump’s administration began probing the dangerous lack of vetting when it came to migrant children while now former President Joe Biden (D) was in office. Biden’s administration apparently left thousands of those children vulnerable to illegal labor and sex trafficking exploitation, Breitbart News reported.
“The Trump administration is making major changes to the process to assure the safety of the children in its charge,” the outlet said.
Per the recent Fox article,…
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