Four men face federal charges on suspicion of leading a human smuggling operation that brought more than 20,000 illegal migrants into the United States from Guatemala since 2019, including seven

Federal prosecutors connect a man, already in jail for a deadly Oklahoma crash, to a large human trafficking ring.

The group is accused of holding individuals hostage, threatening violence, and being responsible for a fatal car crash in Oklahoma in 2023, which resulted in seven deaths, including three minors.

The U.S. has charged two accused leaders of a group said to have smuggled about 20,000 migrants from Guatemala, including seven who died in a 2023 crash.

A Guatemalan man and his top lieutenant have been arrested and face multiple federal charges for purportedly leading a human-smuggling ring that brought about 20,000 illegal immigrants into the

A driver who's been in custody in Oklahoma since that crash ... He's believed to be in Guatemala, officials said. Attorneys for the four men could not be located Monday for comment.

Four men are facing federal charges, accused of smuggling thousands of people into the US from Guatemala in what officials call “one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation.”

Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph McNally called the criminal network "one of the largest human smuggling rings in the nation," on Monday.

A migrant smuggling operation that helped bring at least 20,000 illegal immigrants into the U.S. has been broken up with the arrest of four Guatemalans.

Federal authorities have announced the indictments of four people tied to one of the largest human smuggling rings in the world. One of those is currently in an Oklahoma prison after being found guilty of six counts of first degree manslaughter in a 2023 case.