Two Guatemalans plead guilty in US migrant smuggling case after crash kills 55
The defendants admitted smuggling adults and children as 55 migrants died in a 2021 tractor-trailer crash, the Justice Department said.
- On Thursday, two Guatemalan nationals, Josefa Quino Canil De Zavala, 43, and Alberto Marcario Chitic, 32, pleaded guilty in a Texas federal court to human smuggling charges stemming from a December 2021 tractor-trailer crash in Mexico that killed 55 migrants.
- Organized as a profit-driven supply chain, the defendants crammed more than 160 migrants into tractor-trailers and provided scripts for unaccompanied minors to recite if intercepted by law enforcement, according to the Justice Department.
- Near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, the December 9, 2021, accident killed 55 migrants and injured over 100 others, ranking among the deadliest smuggling incidents in the region in a decade.
- Facing up to life in prison, both defendants will be sentenced on September 9, as Acting U.S. Attorney John Marck emphasized the Southern District of Texas's resolve to dismantle smuggling networks.
- Joint Task Force Alpha, a federal partnership targeting transnational smuggling, continues investigating the operation as cases against three other Guatemalan nationals remain pending.
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Two Guatemalans plead guilty in US migrant smuggling case after crash kills 55
The defendants admitted their participation in a human trafficking network that transported migrants from Guatemala to the United States.The case is linked to a trailer accident in Mexico that caused dozens of deaths and more than 100 injuries.The post Two Guatemalans plead guilty for an accident that left more than 50 migrants dead appeared first on Hispanicos Press.
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