U.S. authorities have announced the arrests of four men they say were part of a human smuggling effort last year that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor-trailer in the scorching Texas summer.
Christian Rodriguez tacks a poem to a cross that is part of a makeshift memorial at the site where officials found dozens of people dead in an abandoned semitrailer containing suspected migrants last summer, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in San Antonio. U.S. authorities announced the arrests of four more people in connection to the smuggling deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor trailer in the scorching Texas summer. – U.S.
The four new arrests were made Monday in Houston, San Antonio and Marshall, Texas. Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 30, Felipe Orduna-Torres, 28, Luis Alberto Rivera-Leal, 37, and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, 53, were all charged with conspiracy to transport immigrants resulting in death, serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy. Each faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted.
Migrants paid the organization up to $15,000 each to be taken across the U.S. border. The fee would cover up to three attempts to get into the country, the indictment said.
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