Four Mexican nationals and a Guatemalan national were arrested last week after federal and local authorities thwarted their alleged human smuggling operation in Phoenix.
The five people were indicted for “conspiracy to transport and harbor illegal aliens” by a federal grand jury, as they used a Phoenix home to house people before sending them in their smuggling network throughout the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
Authorities carried out search warrants on April 30 at three residences and found 22 total people in what are referred to in court documents as stash houses…