A Guatemalan man, involved in the 2022 Quintana Road tragedy where at least 53 people died, pleaded guilty Thursday in a federal court, the Department of Justice said in a news release.
A federal judge issued two lengthy sentences to two men connected to a 2022 migrant smuggling tragedy along Quintana Road Friday morning.
Two smugglers convicted in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas will spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Two smugglers charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning have been found guilty.
Testimony began Tuesday for two men accused of being key figures in a human smuggling operation linked to what federal officials have called the deadliest case of human trafficking incident in U.S. history.
