Alleged Human Smuggling Ringleader Arrested in Tijuana, to Be Extradited to US

Alleged Human Smuggling Ringleader Arrested in Tijuana, to Be Extradited to US
Police officers in downtown Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, in this file photo. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
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SAN DIEGO—A man accused of leading a Tijuana-based human smuggling organization responsible for bringing thousands of migrants into the United States through Mexico was arrested and charged in a grand jury indictment unsealed this week.

Abdul Karim Conteh, 42, of Sierra Leone, is accused of running a group that smuggled migrants from various countries, some of whom paid tens of thousands of dollars to be brought in.

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