GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Guatemalan security agents arrested 25 mostly active police officers implicated in a human trafficking network that operated along a route used by mostly U.S.-bound migrants, Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez said on Tuesday.

Guatemala has been a major transit country for decades for migrants from Latin America and beyond as they travel north to Mexico’s border with the United States.

The minister said two of the detained police officers were retired, and an additional 11 civilians were also arrested on charges including money laundering on behalf of an organization known as “Los Rs.”