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Three Mexican nationals living illegally in the United States have pleaded guilty to being part of a crime organization that smuggled people from Mexico, Central and South America into Canada and then across the border into the U.S. According to court documents, Ignacio Diaz-Perez, 37, Samuel Diaz-Perez, 27, and Salvador Diaz-Diaz, 34, were part of an alien smuggling organization (ASO) that brought hundreds of illegal migrants into the U.S. “Once the illegal aliens were inside the U.S., the ASO employed drivers to pick them up and drive them further into the country,” the U.S....