The Biden administration could begin forcing more human smugglers arrested in other countries to face the U.S. justice system in an effort to crack down on the illegal networks of 'coyotes' booming throughout the Western Hemisphere.
" of migrants across Mexico and leading a woman to her death in Texas last April. It would be the first time Guatemalan citizens are extradited on suspicion of human smuggling.
The decision to bring human smugglers to the U.S. shows the government's determination to hold to account criminals who take advantage of — and endanger — desperate and impoverished people, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala William Popp told Axios. The new efforts could help U.S. investigators learn more about how smuggling groups operate and forge new strategies for dismantling them, officials said.Extradition of smugglers from anywhere in the world is rare. Some countries do not allow nationals to be sent to the U.S. to face the justice system for human smuggling.
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