Smuggler Extradited, Mass Casualty Event, Mexico Thursday — Final Human Smuggler Extradited from Guatemala for 2021 Mass Casualty Event in Chiapas, Mexico | United States Justice Department.
9, 2021, crash.If convicted, all face a maximum penalty of life in federal prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine.Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s – Homeland Security Investigations’ Counter Proliferation Investigations Group in Washington D.C. All are now in federal custody pending further criminal proceedings.All six have been charged with conspiracy to bring illegal aliens into the United States, placing life in jeopardy, causing serious bodily injuries and resulting in death.court filings state, from October 2021 to February 2023, all six worked with other smugglers to facilitate the travel of illegal aliens from
Guatemala through Mexico into the United States. federal court on charges stemming from a crash of a tractor-trailer packed with at least 160 illegal aliens – many of them Guatemalan – that killed more than 50 people, including unaccompanied children, and injured over 100 more, the Justice Department announced today.Authorities arrested Daniel Zavala Ramos aka Dany ZR in Boquerón, Guatemala, Aug. The extradition marks yet another significant step in the Justice Department’s efforts to bring those responsible to justice.Also charged are Tomas Quino Canil, 37, Oswaldo Manuel Zavala Quino aka Osvaldo ZQ,
25, Josefa Quino Canil De Zavala, 43, and Alberto Marcario Chitic aka Alberto De Jesus, 32, who were all taken into custody in Guatemala Dec. They allegedly recruited them, collected payment and arranged travel by foot, microbuses, cattle trucks and tractor-trailers.In some instances, the scheme allegedly involved the smuggling of unaccompanied minors. According to the charges, they also provided illegal aliens with scripts and instructions on what to say if apprehended. prosecutors further allege some of the individuals they recruited died or suffered serious bodily injury as a result of the Dec. conducted the joint investigation