A Pakistani national pleaded guilty in federal court April 30 to charges related to running an international human smuggling conspiracy that included transporting illegal immigrants from Pakistan to the United States using fake film production companies, federal prosecutors announced.
Abbas Ali Haider, 49, of Sialkot, Pakistan, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson in July 2025 and was extradited to the United States from Mexico that month. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States for private financial gain and profit.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 30 and faces a minimum penalty of three years in prison and a maximum of 10….