Mexico Nabs Alleged Chinese Migrant Smuggler
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}July 28: A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives along the fence separating the U.S. from Mexico, near Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. (AFP)
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican federal police have captured the suspected leader of a gang that trafficked Chinese migrants through Mexico to the U.S.
The Public Safety Department says Huang Chen Yaowei was arrested after a joint investigation with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Another suspect, Zhendi Li, was arrested in New York.
A department statement Friday alleges Huang charged $80,000 to move groups of Chinese illegally to the U.S. Accomplices brought the migrants from China to Mexico, where they were put up in hotels while awaiting fake passports.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The federal police detained eight Chinese migrants in the raid to arrest Huang. They also seized more than $70,000 in U.S. and Mexican currency.
The statement doesn't say when Huang was arrested.