Federal officials in Los Angeles announced charges on Monday against four men accused of leading "one of the largest human smuggling organizations in the United States," the U.S. attorney ​says.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally called the criminal network "one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation," on Monday.

Four men face federal charges on suspicion of leading a human smuggling operation that brought more than 20,000 illegal migrants into the United States from Guatemala since 2019, including seven who were killed in a car crash in Oklahoma in 2023,

Federal authorities on Monday announced an indictment against four defendants charged with operating one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation. The transnational criminal organization is accused of smuggling approximately 20,