The issue focused heavily on prosecutors trying to deport aliens convicted of terrorism offenses under international human rights laws and prosecutions against migrants detained by immigration authorities for unlawful deportation or lawful detention without charges. Prosecutors prosecuted terrorists accused of smuggling illicit narcotics into Mexico illegally from Somalia. Authorities deported criminals suspected of plotting terrorist acts across Latin America who traveled through Guatemala. ICE attorneys pleaded guilty in December 2014 to obstruction of justice charges stemming from prosecution of defendants traveling illegally between Honduras and Guatemala. Criminal contempt convictions triggered lawsuits filed against defendants seeking wrongful incarceration. Lawyers