Cartel-Linked Smugglers Arrested in US–Mexico Operation

The operation was part of a task force that has, so far, led to the arrests of more than 350 criminals engaged in human smuggling.

Human smugglers drive ATVs on the Mexican side of the United States border wall near Jacumba, Calif., on Oct. 31, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

An enforcement operation conducted as part of bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico has led to disruptions and arrests in human smuggling operations, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

On Feb. 19, the Mexico Attorney General’s Office conducted a “significant enforcement operation to dismantle a prolific transnational alien smuggling organization operating in Juarez, Chihuahua, along the U.S.-Mexico border,” the DOJ said in a Feb. 20 statement.