Working with U.S., Guatemala detains 10 people in raids on migrant smugglers

FILE PHOTO: People attend the funeral of Rivaldo Jimenez Ramirez, Santa Cristina Garcia and Ivan Gudiel Pablo, migrants killed in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas while trying to reach the U.S., in Comitancillo, Guatemala, March 14, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria/File Photo

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan authorities working with the U.S. Homeland Security agency on Friday arrested 10 people in raids against a migrant smuggling group linked to the massacre of 19 people in Mexico last year, Guatemalan officials said.

Guatemala's Public Prosecutor's Office said 19 raids were being carried out in the western town of Comitancillo to dismantle the human smuggling network that took the Guatemalan migrants to Mexico.