The U.S. State Department says it has revoked visas for people in Mexico who ran a transportation company accused of facilitating illegal immigration.
The State Department says the executives and senior officials at the Mexico-based transportation company who had their visas revoked provided services for people intending to enter the United States illegally.
In a statement, the officials say investigations show the company arranged transportation for people from the Caribbean and other parts of the region to “transit points” in Central America — and that “many were later encountered attempting to enter the United States illegally.”
The State Department says the company knowingly facilitated illegal immigration to the United States, but did not name the company or specify how many visas had been revoked.
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