A U.S.-Mexico law enforcement cooperation effort resulted in Mexico executing arrest warrants against Brian Alan Torres Gonzalez and Soledad Morales Nava, members of a Juarez-based alien smuggling organization with ties to Mexican cartels that operated smuggling corridors in the Anapra, Chihuahua / Santa Teresa, New Mexico area. The organization was responsible for illegally smuggling large numbers of individuals, including children, from Central America into El Paso, Texas, and also allegedly kidnapped aliens and extorted their families before completing smuggling journeys.

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