People smuggling

Network Smuggling People from Terror Hotbeds to the Americas Busted

Central American authorities have reportedly dismantled a human trafficking network dedicated to smuggling illegal migrants into the United States from terror-linked countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

The foreign authorities were reportedly backed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Many of the trafficked migrants came from Nepal, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Congo, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, India, Syria, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, China and Bangladesh — in addition to countries in Central American, the Caribbean, and South America, reportsLa Prensa Grafica.

Some of those nations have been officially linked to terrorism by the United States and are known as special interest countries, according to a previous Breitbart News report.

The U.S. military has warned that jihadist groups could exploit human trafficking networks in Latin America to infiltrate the United States.