
Two Colombian men face extradition to the United States for their alleged role in a human smuggling operation that ended with the disappearance of dozens of migrants at sea.
The Department of Justice has accused Hernando Manuel de la Cruz Rivera Orjuela, 52, known as "Patrón" ("Boss"), and Luis Enrique Linero, 40, of being part of "La Agencia" ("The Agency"), a network transporting migrants from Colombia's Caribbean coast to Nicaragua. From there, the migrants aimed to reach the U.S.