human-smuggling

Mr. Zapata, the slain agent, joined ICE in 2006 and had been assigned to the Laredo, Texas, office working on border security and human-smuggling issues before being assigned to Mexico City, the agency said.

Mexican Governor Pins Killing on Cartels Jos 2011

Phoenix police Chief Jack Harris noted that Arizona's capital city leads the nation in kidnappings — mostly involving human-smuggling syndicates that reflect federal policy failures.

Police chiefs press for immigration reform 2009

Tyson faced federal human-smuggling charges in a high-profile trial that resulted in acquittal in 2003.

Crackdown on Illegal Workers Grows Miriam Jordan 2011

Although U.S. officials say there has been little spillover violence, Arizona has seen high-profile busts of drug - and human-smuggling safe houses, a rise in extortion-related kidnappings and other disruptions.

President Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border 2010

Although U.S. officials say there has been little spillover violence, Arizona has seen high-profile busts of drug - and human-smuggling safe houses, a rise in extortion-related kidnappings and other disruptions.

President Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border 2010

Although U.S. officials say there has been little spillover violence, Arizona has seen high-profile busts of drug - and human-smuggling safe houses, a rise in extortion-related kidnappings and other disruptions.

President Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border 2010

Although U.S. officials say there has been little spillover violence, Arizona has seen high-profile busts of drug - and human-smuggling safe houses, a rise in extortion-related kidnappings and other disruptions.

President Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border 2010

Although U.S. officials say there has been little spillover violence, Arizona has seen high-profile busts of drug - and human-smuggling safe houses, a rise in extortion-related kidnappings and other disruptions.

President Obama to send more National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border 2010

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio - the same who experimented with bringing human-smuggling charges against unauthorized immigrants, for smuggling themselves - has made "crime suppression sweeps" in Latino areas his trademark.

Tess Thatcher: Weilding ICE Sticks on the Local Beat 2009

She subcontracted the shipping, often on vessels that were barely seaworthy, to the countless opportunists who make the $20 billion global human-smuggling business possible.

Snakeheads for Hire 2009