Federal agents busted a human smuggling operation in the Florida Keys over the weekend, resulting in the detention of 20 migrants and the arrest of five men accused of smuggling them.
Despite the foiled operation, which included 13 people from Ecuador and seven from China, the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to file charges, leading to an impasse with the local Sheriff's department which proceeded to press charges of human smuggling with the help of Monroe State Attorney Dennis Ward
