Overview

• Joint Task Force Alpha will now cover the U.S.–Canada frontier and maritime regions, with added support from the FBI, DEA and ATF and coordination with U.S. attorneys in Vermont and the Northern District of New York.
• Prosecutors announced the first JTFA-coordinated case in Vermont, indicting Michigan resident Norma Linda Lozano on charges that she transported migrants, including children, after they crossed from Canada.
• Three Guatemalan nationals accused in the Dec. 9, 2021 Chiapas tractor‑trailer mass‑casualty incident were extradited to the United States to face charges that carry a potential maximum of life in prison.
• In El Paso, authorities charged four defendants in a scheme to smuggle unaccompanied children from Juarez, alleging the use of THC‑laced gummies to sedate them and noting one child was hospitalized with marijuana poisoning.
• DOJ says JTFA’s work has produced more than 410 arrests, over 355 U.S. convictions and more than 305 significant prison sentences, with recent cases also detailing fees as high as $40,000 and more than $7 million moved via Zelle.