63-year-old Mexican national Ofelia Hernández Salas, also known as "Doña Lupe", has pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to leading a transnational human smuggling operation that facilitated the illegal entry of over 100 migrants into the United States.
Doña Lupe led an organization based in Mexicali that charged migrants between $10,000 and $70,000 for assistance with crossing the border from countries across the globe, including Bangladesh, Yemen, Pakistan, Eritrea, India, and several Latin American nations.
