7 dead in sealed shipping container, DOJ blames cartels

A human trafficking operation that allegedly ran for more than three years and resulted in seven immigrants dying inside shipping containers in May shows the sophistication of a coordinated transnational criminal gang smuggling ring, the Department of Justice told NewsNation. The DOJ has indicted 14 defendants, including 3 this week, connected to the discovery of 7 bodies that were found inside or near shipping containers after being stored on a Union Pacific freight train in Laredo, Texas. NewsNation’s Ali Bradley joins “NewsNation Live” with the latest.