Gujarat police are now focused on the trail of one Madam M, a Mexican official who has allegedly been helping racketeers smuggle people across the US illegally.
Investigators have been keeping an eye on several suspected immigration agents. Twenty agents have one name in common, ‘Mexico wala Madam’, Madam of Mexico, or Madam M.
The Gujarat police are now trying to unveil the identity of this lady.
The police had already busted eight agents for smuggling locals into the US after the death of four family members, including a minor child from Dingucha in Gandhinagar. They were found frozen to death near the Canada border after an unsuccessful attempt of crossing into the US in January.
The suspected woman operates in the Mexican government and is posted in Istanbul, Turkey. The Turkey-Mexico-US route is one of the most preferred routes by smugglers.
The investigators are also probing the involvement of two Gujarat based angadias since they finance the journey and charge a fee of Rs 25 lakh per person.
Once the migrant settles in the US, they send the money back through hawala using angadias in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Mehsana.
The ‘Mexicowala’ Madam has been working on the post for around 15 years. She charges around $6,000 to $7,000 per migrant.
Police have also recovered audio files from the agent’s phones, in which the agents can be heard saying that the madam has cleared the file and there will be no problem in immigrating to Mexico from Turkey.
The police are now collecting more substantial evidence against the woman.
