Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Human Smuggling and Holding Undocumented Immigrants Hostage at LA House

Illegal Alien Human Smuggling Boss Pleads Guilty, Could Face Life in Prison

Human smuggling kingpin in LA pleads guilty to illegally smuggling 20,000 people, faces life in prison.

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.

Human trafficking kingpin admits to smuggling 20,000 people into U.S.

An undocumented immigrant who lived in Los Angeles pleaded guilty Friday to leading what authorities say was one of the largest human smuggling operations in the United States. Eduardo Domingo Reno…

LA-based human smuggling kingpin 'Turko' pleads guilty to trafficking 20,000 people into US

Eduardo Domingo Renoj-Matul, the leader of a massive Los Angeles-based human smuggling organization in operation for at least 12 years, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges and faces life in prison.

Smuggling Empire Trafficked 20K Victims, Killed Children, Held Hostages — All From an LA Apartment

A 52-year-old Guatemalan national living illegally in the Westlake district of Los Angeles pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to running one of the largest human smuggling operations ever prosecuted in the United States — an enterprise that moved approximately 20,000 people across the southern border over more than a decade, left seven people dead...