LOS ANGELES (CN) — The leader of what federal prosecutors say was one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the U.S. agreed to plead guilty to running the outfit that brought about 20,000 immigrants from Guatemala into the United States without authorization over a five year period.
Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, 52, will admit to one count of conspiring to bring aliens into the U.S. for financial gain and one count of hostage taking, according to the plea agreement filed Monday in Los Angeles federal court. He faces a statutory maximum sentence of life in prison on the hostage taking count.
Renoj-Matul, a Guatemalan citizen who lived in the Westlake neighborhood near downtown LA, was arrested in February together with his right hand man…