THREE ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM MEXICO PLEAD GUILTY FOR THEIR ROLES IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY TO SMUGGLE ALIENS FROM CANADA INTO THE U.S.

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:

Three illegal aliens from Mexico pleaded guilty today to being part of an international alien smuggling organization (ASO) that illegally brought aliens from Mexico and Central and South America across the northern border with Canada into the United States for profit.

According to court documents, Ignacio Diaz-Perez, 37, Samuel Diaz-Perez, 27, and Salvador Diaz-Diaz, 34, all of whom are illegal aliens from Mexico, were part of an ASO that brought hundreds of illegal aliens into the United States. Once the illegal aliens were inside the U.S., the ASO employed drivers to pick them up and drive them further into the country. The defen...