# Guatemalan man gets 30-year sentence for migrant deaths

> Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years for smuggling tragedy that killed 53 migrants in Texas.
- Title: Guatemalan man gets 30-year sentence for migrant deaths
- Summary: 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…
- Keywords: rigoberto román miranda-orozco, seattle times, u.s. attorney justin simmons, guatemala, migrant smuggling, texas, human trafficking, migrant deaths, federal judge, san antonio, laredo, migrant crisis
- Source: Seattletimes — https://seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/guatemalan-man-sentenced-to-30-years-for-smuggling-tragedy-that-killed-53-people-in-texas
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- Topics: rigoberto román miranda-orozco, seattle times, u.s. attorney justin simmons, guatemala, migrant smuggling, texas, human trafficking, migrant deaths, federal judge, san antonio, laredo, migrant crisis
## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.