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Federal Police Arrest Suspect in Brasília Cell That Smuggled South Asians to U.S. via Mexico

Court orders froze assets up to R$5.94 million, with investigators describing a transnational network linking Brazil to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mexico, the United States.

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Overview

  • Operation Rota Ilegal was carried out on November 19 in Brasília, where agents executed search warrants, seized passports, and detained the principal suspect under a temporary arrest order.
  • The probe says migrants were told to request refuge in Brazil before being moved by land and sea toward the Mexican border for clandestine entry into the United States.
  • The organization charged between US$4,000 and US$11,000 per person, according to Federal Police findings.
  • Judicial measures authorized the blocking and seizure of financial assets, real estate, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, and crypto-assets up to an estimated R$5.94 million.
  • In a related action, Federal Police served warrants in Salvador targeting a group suspected of moving about R$9 million through ‘laranjas,’ with associated operations in Boa Vista and Curitiba.