Government Employees Held in Smuggling Probe
From Times Wire Reports
Mexican police arrested 42 current and former government employees in connection with a large migrant-trafficking ring, officials announced. The suspects were from 12 of Mexico’s 31 states, and the network allegedly smuggled Cubans, Uruguayans, Brazilians, Central Americans and Asians into the United States.
Those arrested included agents and ex-agents of the National Immigration Institute, the agency Mexico relies on to ferret out illegal migrants.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
