DOJ Charges 3 in Alleged Plot to Smuggle Unaccompanied Minors Into US

By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-06-11 19:36:53 | Updated at 2026-06-12 06:26:59 11 hours ago
DOJ Charges 3 in Alleged Plot to Smuggle Unaccompanied Minors Into US

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at a news conference to announce an update on the Epstein files at the Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 30, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the indictments of three illegal aliens who allegedly took part in a conspiracy to smuggle more than a dozen children into the United States.

Blanche told reporters in Washington on June 11 that the individuals, Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, 38, and her brother Carlos Agustin Cahuec Coc, 33, and Gladys Marina Caal Chen, 20, were from Guatemala and arrested in northern Ohio.

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