A Guatemalan woman has pleaded guilty to helping smuggle immigrants from India into Texas via Mexico.
Rosa Astrid Umanzor-Lopez pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and human smuggling in federal court in Houston.
The 36-year-old Umanzor-Lopez in April was extradited from Guatemala on charges of human smuggling and conspiracy to smuggle immigrants into the U.S. for profit. Umanzor-Lopez helped run the scheme from 2011 until her arrest last year in Guatemala.
Prosecutors say immigrants from India seeking to enter the U.S. illegally were transported through South America and Central America, then from Mexico into Texas. The immigrants traveled by air, boats and foot to reach the Texas border near McAllen and Laredo.
Three co-defendants were earlier convicted and sentenced. Prosecutors didn't immediately provide penalty information for Umanzor-Lopez, who awaits sentencing.
