# Smuggler sentenced in Texas tragedy

> Guatemalan man gets 30 years for 53 immigrant deaths in San Antonio.
- Title: Smuggler sentenced in Texas tragedy · Texastribune | Shortify
- Summary: 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…
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- Source: Texastribune — https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/17502276/immigrant-deaths-san-antonio-texas-criminal-case-sentencing
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## 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.
## Key takeaway

Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco sentenced to 30 years in prison for causing 53 immigrant deaths in a San Antonio tractor-trailer incident.