Vast human smuggling ring was responsible for deaths of seven, including a four-year-old child, prosecutors say<\/p>\n
Two alleged leaders of a criminal organization suspected of smuggling 20,000 people without permanent legal residency into the US from Guatemala have been arrested in Los Angeles, federal prosecutors said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, known as \u201cTurko\u201d, and his lieutenant, Cristobal Mejia-Chaj, were taken into custody Friday and have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges related to smuggling migrants across the border over five years, the US attorney\u2019s office said. A federal judge ordered the men, who themselves are in the country illegally, jailed without bond until their trial in April.<\/p>\n
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