Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022
- Guatemalan police arrested seven individuals accused of smuggling 53 migrants who died of asphyxiation in Texas in 2022 after being abandoned in a tractor trailer.
- Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez stated that the arrests followed 13 raids across three departments in Guatemala.
- The arrests included Rigoberto Román Mirnado Orozco, identified as the alleged ringleader of a family-operated gang named “Los Orozcos.
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Death of 53 migrants in Texas in 2022: seven people arrested in Guatemala, one in the process of being extradited to the United States
Seven other people, including the driver of the abandoned semi-trailer inside which the migrants were found in June 2022 in the city of San Antonio, have already been arrested in the United States as part of the investigation.
Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who died in Texas in 2022
Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned in a tractor trailer in the scorching summer heat.They were the latest arrests after years of investigation into one of the deadliest human smuggling attempts to the United States. The dead included eight children.VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS ALLEGEDLY CHOKE, ROB C…
Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking 53 migrants who asphyxiated inside tractor-trailer in Texas
Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas.
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