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Guatemalan man gets 30-year sentence for migrant deaths
Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years for smuggling tragedy that killed 53 migrants in Texas.
In brief
Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years for smuggling tragedy that killed 53 migrants in Texas. A Guatemalan man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for arranging a human smuggling operation that killed 53 migrants in a sweltering Texas trailer in 2022. Originally reported by Seattletimes.
Guatemalan man sentenced
A federal judge sentenced a Guatemalan man to 30 years for his role in a 2022 migrant smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas.
Migrant deaths in sweltering trailer
Migrants died in a tractor-trailer with no air conditioning during a three-hour ride from Laredo to San Antonio in June 2022.
48 dead, 16 hospitalized
48 migrants died when the trailer was opened on a remote San Antonio back road, with 16 taken to hospitals where five more died.
Migrants tried to claw out
Migrants tried to claw their way out of the trailer as it became sweltering with no air conditioning.
Prosecutors seek justice
U.S. and Guatemalan prosecutors called the sentencing a step toward justice for the migrant deaths.
Other defendants await sentencing
Other defendants, including the truck driver, are set to be sentenced after this man’s conviction.
What it means
A Guatemalan man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for arranging a human smuggling operation that killed 53 migrants in a sweltering Texas trailer in 2022.
