DOJ in search of Mexican woman accused of smuggling thousands of migrants into the U.S.

Verónica Roblero Pivaral, accused of smuggling thousands to the U.S. (Credit: Creative Commons)

U.S. authorities are conducting a search for Verónica Roblero Pivaral, a 25-year-old Mexican woman accused of leading an organization that trafficked thousands of migrants from multiple countries into the United States along with her husband.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) filed charges against Roblero Pivaral and her husband, Abdul Karim Conteh, a 42-year-old citizen of Sierra Leone, who was arrested on on July 11 in Tijuana, Mexico, and indicted last week. Roblero Pivaralis still at large and faces search and arrest warrants, the DoJ noted.