TAMPA - U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi stood alongside U.S. attorneys from Florida, Texas and Vermont to highlight indictments that were unsealed in just the last week across the country.

The cost of human smuggling is huge. So many families are dying, so many people are dying," said Bondi.

The smugglers often charged $40,000 apiece and kept diligent records that authorities were able to recover that outlined each case.

"These people aren't some individuals from far off areas," said U.S. Attorney Greg Kehoe of the middle district of Florida. "They're from neighborhoods right here in Tampa, from addresses that you know, that you could pass in public or walk on the street. "

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In Tampa, 12 people were arrested for human smuggling and for committing asylum fraud. They coach

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