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Driver in Texas migrant smuggling run that led to the deaths of 53 people pleads guilty
- A Texas truck driver, Homero Zamorano Jr., pleaded guilty to three charges related to the deaths of 53 migrants in a smuggling attempt in 2022, which was the deadliest across the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Zamorano could face a maximum sentence of life in prison, as announced by the Justice Department.
- The truck had 67 migrants, and temperatures reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the three-hour ride, leading to 48 deaths inside the trailer.
- U.S. authorities are seeking the extradition of Rigoberto Román Miranda Orozo, charged with six counts of migrant smuggling resulting in death or serious injury.
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Independent EspañolThe Texas truck driver charged with the death of 53 migrants traveling in a suffocating trailer without air conditioning pleaded guilty on Thursday for the 2022 tragedy that became the nation's most deadly attempt to traffic people across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The New York LedgerDriver in Texas migrant smuggling run pleads guilty in deaths of 53 migrants locked in truck
A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants who rode in a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning pleaded guilty Thursday over the 2022 tragedy that became the nation's deadliest smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border.
·United States
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