Chilean Authorities Arrest 9 Suspected Human Smugglers

Chilean authorities arrested nine suspected members of a Latin American criminal group, which is said to have trafficked at least 267 children as young as six years old, Interpol reported on Monday. The victims are children of Haitian migrants who originally sought a better life in Chile, hence the children being born Chilean. However, the migrants decided to venture north in search of new economic opportunities, according to a Reuters article detailing how Haitian migrants are finding their way to the United States. Chile’s Criminal Investigations Police (Policía de Investigaciones – PDI) began receiving reports in January 2020 that an…