Two more men charged in truck smuggling incident that killed 53 migrants in Texas

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The suspected driver of a truck packed with dozens of migrants who died in sweltering heat during a smuggling attempt in Texas and an accused conspirator were charged in US federal court on Wednesday with human trafficking offenses.

Maria Sipac Coj, mother of 13 year-old Pascual Melvin Guachiac, who died along with other migrants in San Antonio, Texas, US, mourns in a community house at the small village of Tzucubal, in Nahuala, Guatemala June 29, 2022.The suspected driver of a truck packed with dozens of migrants who died in sweltering heat during a smuggling attempt in Texas and an accused conspirator were charged in US federal court on Wednesday with human trafficking offences.

Temperatures in the area that day had soared as high as 103 Fahrenheit , and authorities called to the scene found no water supplies or signs of working air-conditioning inside the cargo trailer. San Antonio police officers found Zamorano hiding in the brush, according to federal prosecutors. Francisco Garduno, head of Mexico's National Migration Institute, told a news conference earlier on Wednesday the driver had “tried to pass himself off as one of the survivors” when he was detained.

Authorities said the pair — Juan Francisco D'Luna-Bilbao and Juan Claudio D'Luna-Mendez — were arrested when they were seen leaving a San Antonio residence listed on the Texas state vehicle registration of the tractor-trailer. Surveillance photographs published by Mexican immigration officials captured the truck passing through a border checkpoint at Laredo, Texas, at 2:50pm. CT on Monday, before the migrant passengers are believed to have boarded.

 

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