Smugglers Terrorize Illegals to Pay Fees ; Resort to Violence, Kidnap Children

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A knife-wielding woman who snatched a baby from her mother on a Florida street was delivering a message from smugglers that they wanted money for bringing the infant's parents illegally from Brazil, according to police.

The brazen Dec. 1 daylight kidnapping of 1-month-old Bryan Dos Santos Gomes by a woman who told the mother, "I have killed before, I will kill again," has captured headlines nationwide and highlighted a growing concern among authorities over the use of violence by those who smuggle aliens into this country.

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Smugglers Terrorize Illegals to Pay Fees ; Resort to Violence, Kidnap Children

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reported an "unprecedented surge in brutality" by human smugglers in the past two years. Law-enforcement authorities said human smugglers are profiting from a business that could be yielding...

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