Six people have been charged with alien smuggling.

Two men have been charged with alien smuggling.

And it increases the criminal penalties for alien smuggling.

The women pleaded guilty to alien smuggling and served short prison terms.

"You haven't made it clear what Shang has to do with alien smuggling."

"There is big money in alien smuggling alone," said Gunn.

"This was a blatant case of alien smuggling, well organized and highly paid."

And he appears to have earned money through alien smuggling.

Those charged with alien smuggling, however, do face prison terms in Cuba.

But the government now says that the telephone call had to do with alien smuggling.