WATCH LIVE: The U.S. Attorney’s Office will provide an update on the investigation into the human smuggling operation that killed 53 people one year ago in San Antonio.
The Department of Justice said U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite and HSI Special Agent in Charge Craig Larrabee will speak at a news conference at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The news conference will be livestreamed on KSAT.com.
They are expected to “provide significant updates to the investigation and prosecution of those responsible” for the tragedy on June 27, 2022. On that day, 53 men, women and children were killed when they were left in a locked, sweltering trailer on Quintana Road on the Southwest Side., 26 were citizens of Mexico, 21 were citizens of Guatemala, and six were citizens of Honduras, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.People were packed with no water, no air-conditioning, and no ventilation inside the trailer, authorities previously said.
Christian Martinez, another suspect in the incident, and Zamorano had cellphone communication about the smuggling scheme, the complaint states. The messages included a picture of the “truck load manifest” and talking about whether the driver should go to the “same spot.
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