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5 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in Phoenix Alien Smuggling Ring Bust: DOJ
Investigators alleged illegal immigrants were confined inside a Phoenix-area stash house and transported across state lines as part of a smuggling network.
A Border Patrol agent checks an illegal immigrant who wears two wristbands that Mexican cartels have been using to control human smuggling into the United States, near Penitas, Texas, on March 15. 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Federal authorities have dismantled an illegal immigrant smuggling ring tied to a Phoenix-area house, arresting five foreign nationals, the Department of Justice said on May 8.
Those arrested were Mexican nationals Rigoberto Rangel-Mora, Jesus Marin-Esquivel, Alejandro Ambrocio-Espinosa, Enrique Cervantes-Barrera, and Guatemalan national Ingrid Bolanos-Gomez.
