U.S. charges 3 for alleged smuggling conspiracy involving unaccompanied minors

The Justice Department announced on Thursday it has charged three people in Ohio for conspiring to smuggle unaccompanied minors across the U.S. border. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the indictment against Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, Carlos Cahuec Coc and one other defendant is emblematic of a broader problem, in which fraudsters are often serving as "super sponsors" of three or more unrelated unaccompanied minors. …