The United States Department of Justice announced the dismantling of an organization dedicated to the illegal trafficking of people along the border with Mexico, linked to a cartel from the Latin American country. According to the official statement, the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Mexico collaborated in the operation that dismantled this transnational foreign trafficking organization in Juárez, Chihuahua.
The group used smuggling corridors in the areas of Anapra, Chihuahua, and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, involving Mexican citizens, many of whom were linked to various cartels. They are accused of illegally trafficking various individuals, including minors, from Central America to El Paso, Texas, as well as kidnapping foreigners and extorting their families for money before crossing.
As part of the operation, two alleged human traffickers, Brian Alan Torres González and Soledad Morales Nava, Mexican citizens, were arrested and will face charges in Mexico with evidence provided in collaboration with the United States. The operation was carried out by the Joint Task Force Alpha (JFTA), a government division specialized in combating trafficking and human smuggling groups in Mexico and other Latin American countries.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of El Paso was also involved in the investigation, working together with the U.S. Border Patrol. The collaboration between both countries was crucial in dismantling this immigrant trafficking network operating along the Mexico-U.S. border.
