California: Feds Dismantle ‘One Of The Largest’ Human Smuggling Rings In U.S., Led By 2 Guatemalan Nationals – IOTW Report

California: Feds Dismantle ‘One Of The Largest’ Human Smuggling Rings In U.S., Led By 2 Guatemalan Nationals

OAN: Two Guatemalan men were detained by federal officials on Friday on suspicion of running one of the largest human smuggling operations in the United States.

The two were apprehended close to downtown Los Angeles. They are being charged for smuggling at least 20,000 illegal aliens from Guatemala into the United States — since 2019.

Human trafficking and human smuggling differ.

“Human trafficking involves exploiting men, women, or children for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. Human smuggling involves the provision of a service—typically, transportation or fraudulent documents—to an individual who voluntarily seeks to gain illegal entry into a foreign country,” according to ICE.

A judge ordered both men, Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul and Cristobal Mejia-Chaj, to be held without bond when they appeared in federal court a few hours after their arrests. more

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