SAN ANTONIO - Arrests following the 2022 deaths of 53 migrants in Texas who were left in a sweltering tractor-trailer have climbed to more than a dozen, and now
Rigoberto Roman Miranda Orozco, the ringleader of various Guatemala ns accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas, sits in a cell at a courtroom in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. stretch to Central America, following years of investigations into the deadliest smuggling attempt from the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Justice Department was scheduled to hold a news conference Thursday in San Antonio to discuss a "significant" arrest in the case but did not provide details. "This is a collaborative effort between the Guatemalan police and Homeland Security, in addition to other national agencies, to dismantle the structures of human trafficking, one of the strategic objectives of the government President Bernardo Arévalo in order to take on the phenomenon of irregular migration," Jiménez said.They include Homero Zamorano Jr., who authorities say drove the truck, and Christian Martinez, who were arrested shortly after the migrants were found.
Authorities allege that the men worked with human smuggling operations in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, and shared routes, guides, stash houses, trucks and trailers, some of which were stored at a private parking lot in San Antonio.
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