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Colombian authorities and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 11 members of a smuggling gang that helped migrants from all over the world, including China, Cuba, Nigeria, and Pakistan, migrate illegally to the United States.
The National Police said the network operated out of Pasto in the western department of Nariño, Colombia, and was under investigation since September 2021.
The smuggling network used a fleet of cars, public transportation buses to transport the migrants from the Nariño cities of Pasto and Ipiales to the northwestern department of Antioquia for a fee that ranged between $150 and $350.
The group reportedly targeted migrants from Cuba, China, Angola, Nigeria, Somalia, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan and promoted their services at parking lots and hotels near bus terminals.
In recent years, South America has become a transport hub for global migrants who want to illegally enter the US in recent years.
People from all over the world will land in the Chile or Ecuador of Colombia and find traffickers to smuggle them north - to avoid trying to enter the US at its high security airports and ports.
Colombian authorities and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) worked together to arrest 11 members of a migrant smuggling ring that aided migrants from Cuba,
