Smuggler who brought migrants through tunnel under U.S.-Mexico border pleads guilty

TL;DR

Mexican smuggler Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bring migrants into the U.S.
The operation utilized an underground tunnel from Ciudad Juárez to El Paso's storm drains, charging migrants up to $30,000.
The tunnel was allegedly built by the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
Investigators linked the smuggling business to drug and weapons trafficking through wiretaps and surveillance.
Davalos-Lopez's associate, Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez, pleaded guilty last month to conspiracy to provide material support to CJNG.
The case reflects a trend of prosecuting cartel-linked smuggling as terrorism.

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