US EditionGuatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling and Holding Undocumented Immigrants Hostage at LA House
Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul admitted to smuggling roughly 20,000 immigrants and holding some hostage until $15,000–$18,000 fees were paid, federal prosecutors stated.
- Friday's plea by Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, 52, known as "Turko," in Los Angeles federal court admits to leading a network that moved about 20,000 migrants from Guatemala, linked to a fatal Oklahoma crash, prosecutors say.
- According to the indictment returned last year, the Renoj-Matul network operated for at least a dozen years with accomplices in Guatemala soliciting migrants and using smuggling cells, drivers, and stash-house operators.
- Prosecutors detailed how Renoj-Matul held hostage victims in Los Angeles for two and four months, with the U.S. Attorney's Office writing, 'Renoj-Matul knowingly and intentionally seized and detained, and threatened to kill...'.
- Sentencing is set for Oct. 2, when Renoj-Matul faces life in federal prison and remains in custody; co-defendants José Paxtor-Oxlaj, 45, and Cristobal Mejia-Chaj, 50, have an April 21 trial in downtown Los Angeles.
- The Department of Justice continues to search for Helmer Obispo-Hernández, a fugitive, while José Paxtor-Oxlaj remains incarcerated in Oklahoma in connection with a November 2023 car accident.
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Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul admitted to running an organization that detained immigrants who did not pay quotas; he faces a life sentence
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Press-TelegramLeader of Guatemala-to-U.S. human smuggling group pleads guilty in L.A. to conspiracy and hostage taking
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles-based leader of what federal prosecutors called one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the nation pleaded guilty Friday to running the group that illegally brought about 20,000 immigrants from Guatemala into the United States — including seven who died in a car crash. Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, 52 — known as “Turko” — entered a plea in Los Angeles federal court to one count of conspiring to bring alie…
Man Pleads Guilty to Activities Related to Leading Prominent Human Smuggling Organization
The Los Angeles-based leader of what federal prosecutors called one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the nation pleaded guilty Friday to running the group that illegally brought about 20,000 immigrants from Guatemala into the United States — including seven who died in a car crash. Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, 52 — known as “Turko” — entered a plea in Los Angeles federal court to one count of conspiring to bring aliens into the U.…
Guatemalan national pleads guilty to human smuggling and holding undocumented immigrants hostage at LA house
Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul and other co-conspirators would hold immigrants in one of the stash houses on James M. Wood Boulevard in the Westlake district until their fee was paid. If payment was not made, they would be held against their will.
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