From Texastribune · · 50s
Smuggler sentenced in Texas tragedy
Guatemalan man gets 30 years for 53 immigrant deaths in San Antonio.
In brief
Guatemalan man gets 30 years for 53 immigrant deaths in San Antonio. Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco sentenced to 30 years in prison for causing 53 immigrant deaths in a San Antonio tractor-trailer incident. Originally reported by Texastribune.
Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco
A federal judge sentenced a Guatemalan man to 30 years in prison for his role in the deaths of 53 immigrants found inside a tractor-trailer four years ago in San Antonio.
Tragedy described as deadliest smuggling event
Law enforcement officials described the tragedy as the 'country’s deadliest human smuggling event' involving 53 immigrants.
“country’s deadliest human smuggling event”
Sentencing details
U.S.District Judge Orlando Garcia sentenced Miranda-Orozco on Tuesday in San Antonio after a 2024 federal grand jury indicted him on five counts of conspiring and aiding and abetting to smuggle people to the U.S.
In short
Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco sentenced to 30 years in prison for causing 53 immigrant deaths in a San Antonio tractor-trailer incident.
