Eight alleged human smugglers were arrested in Alabama, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
A 45-year-old man whom federal prosecutors allege was a driver for a massive human trafficking organization that smuggled hundreds of people across the U.S. border and within the country was arrested Tuesday in Alabama as authorities dismantled the group.
Dickens was arrested in southwest Alabama, according to the filings in Mobile federal court, and is awaiting transfer to Texas to face a charge of conspiracy to transport and move an alien.Victims were hidden in suitcases placed in pickup trucks, stored in the back of tractor-trailers, concealed in the beds of pick-up truck beds, hidden in empty water tankers and put in empty boxes strapped to flatbed trailers, according to the indictment.
“The charges announced today are just the latest example of these efforts’ success,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. “The Justice Department will continue to bring our full resources to bear to combat the human smuggling and trafficking groups that endanger our communities, abuse and exploit migrants, and threaten our national security.”
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