An Iranian national charged with running a transnational human smuggling operation that brought migrants, mostly Iranians, into the United States via Latin America, US authorities said on Friday.
The US Department of Justice said an indictment unsealed in Texas accuses Jafar Tafakori, 57, of coordinating the illegal entry of large numbers of people into the United States between December 2022 and May 2024.
Tafakori was arrested on Thursday in Colombia at the request of the United States and is expected to face prosecution after extradition.
Prosecutors said he worked with others to arrange routes through South and Central America, providing migrants with shelter, transportation and at times airline tickets before directing them to cross the US-Mexico border illegally.
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