Working with U.S., Guatemala detains 10 people in raids on migrant smugglers

Two detained men sit in the basement of the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, Guatemala January 28, 2022. An operation by Guatemalan authorities, working with the U.S. Homeland Security agency to arrest people, conducted raids against a migrant smuggling group linked to the massacre of 19 people in Mexico last year. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria

Guatemalan authorities working with the U.S. Homeland Security agency on Friday arrested 10 people in raids against a migrant smuggling group linked to the massacre of 19 people in Mexico last year, Guatemalan officials said.

Guatemala's Public Prosecutor's Office said 19 raids were being carried out in the western town of Comitancillo to dismantle the human smuggling network that took the Guatemalan migrants to Mexico.