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Eight plead guilty in US to monopolizing transmigrante forwarding industry, price-fixing

( March 12, 2025, 13:09 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Justice announced that eight defendants have pleaded guilty to conspiring to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding agency industry in the Los Indios, Texas, border region near Harlingen and Brownsville, Texas. The three remaining defendants to the superseding indictment remain at large as fugitives. According to the DOJ, conspirators fixed the prices for transmigrante forwarding agency services and created a centralized entity known as the “pool” to collect and divide revenues among the conspirators, limit competition from other agencies, and increase prices for their services.Statement follows in full. ...

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