Federal prosecutors say two men accused of leading a group suspected of smuggling 20,000 people without permanent U.S. legal status into the country from Guatemala have been arrested in Los Angeles.

Four men are facing federal charges, accused of smuggling thousands of people into the US from Guatemala in what officials call “one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation.”

La red criminal fue responsable de la muerte de siete inmigrantes sin estatus legal —incluido un niño de 4 años

Federal officials in Los Angeles announced charges on Monday against four men accused of leading "one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the United States," the U.S. attorney ​says.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally called the criminal network "one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation," on Monday.

Federal law enforcement in Los Angeles Monday announced charges against four people suspected of smuggling about 20,000 undocumented immigrants from Guatemala to the United States.

The Torko Organization is "one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the United States," according to acting U.S. Attorney Joseph T. McNally

Federal agents announced four Guatemalan men have been charged in connection with the bust of an alleged human smuggling operation in Los Angeles.

The twisted group lured migrants from Guatemala for $15,000 to $18,000 and handed them off to smugglers in Mexico who would bring them into the US.

As a teen, Jefri Lindo trekked across L.A. on buses looking for work. He was brewing a future as the co-owner of Ülëw Coffee and Juice.

A migrant smuggling operation that helped bring at least 20,000 illegal immigrants into the U.S. has been broken up with the arrest of four Guatemalans.

Prosecutors claimed that the organization transported about 20,000 people into Los Angeles and Phoenix from ... smuggling of illegal immigrants from Guatemala to the United States