Alleged Head of International Human Smuggling Ring Arrested for U.S. in Mexico
by BOB PRICE 21 Jul 2024
Law enforcement authorities in Mexico arrested a man believed to be the leader of a large human smuggling organization. The arrest of the Sierra Leone national in Mexico was made at the request of the United States Department of Treasury.
U.S. officials announced the arrest of 42-year-old Abdul Karim Conteh late last week. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice last week, Conteh is expected to be extradited to the United States after being arrested in Tijuana, Mexico, on July 11.
An indictment unsealed last week charges the native of Sierra Leone with smuggling thousands of migrants through Mexico and into the United States. Conteh is reportedly the head of a large human smuggling organization.
“This arrest unravels a global web of coordinated human smuggling into the United States,” U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath for the Southern District of California, said in the statemetn. “Even the most far-reaching, prolific networks cannot evade justice.”
Conteh allegedly smuggled migrants from countries across the globe including citizens of Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Somalia, Cameroon, Senegal, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Egypt, and others, DOJ officials stated. The migrants would allegedly pay tens of thousands of dollars to be transported along a human smuggling network from their home countries through South and Central American countries, into Mexico, and onward to the United States.
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