5 people were charged with operating a Houston human smuggling operation, after nearly 100 undocumented immigrants found INSIDER 5/3/2021 Houston Police discovered a human smuggling home after 97 undocumented immigrants were found. Five people were charged in federal court in the human smuggling scheme. One person said that the ringleaders threatened her brother's life to obtain more money. In total, five people were charged with harboring, concealing, and shielding undocumented immigrants for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain. Their names are: Marina Garcia-Diaz, 22, of El Salvador Henry Licona-Larios, 31, Honduras Marcelo Garcia-Palacios, 21, Mexico According to the criminal complaint filed on May 1, the Houston Police Department received a 911 call about a kidnapping case from Francis Martinez. The filing alleges that Martinez paid human smugglers $11,000 to move her brother from Honduras to the US. She said that she was told by several people that if she didn't pay an additional $6,300, her brother would be killed.