"by allegedly orchestrating this deadly human smuggling scheme, these defendants showed no regard for the value of human life and put people in harm’s way to pad their own pockets," read a statement from Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva.
"Seven people are dead as the result of another callous alien smuggling scheme," read a statement from U.S. Attorney Justin Simmons. "To those alien smuggling organizations like the one responsible for these seven deaths, your date with American justice will come, and when it does, we will hold you accountable to the fullest extent of the law."