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Argentine Police Arrest Grout Charged with Smuggling Jews into Country from Uruguay

August 4, 1948
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A group of non-Jews allegedly engaged in smuggling Jews into Argentina from Uruguay was arrested here today by Argentine police officials.

At the same time a Jewish family caught attempting to enter the country illegally was also detained. According to the police, the smugglers were charging 200 pesos ($30) to get each Jew across the Argentine border.

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