A man who coordinated a human smuggling operation that led to an Imperial County crash that killed 13 people and injured several others was sentenced Thursday.
SAN DIEGO — A man who coordinated a human smuggling operation that led to an Imperial County crash that killed 13 people and injured several others was sentenced in San Diego federal court Thursday to 15 years in prison.
One of the SUVs broke down on Interstate 8 near Holtville and 19 undocumented migrants were arrested there by U.S. Border Patrol agents, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The other SUV was involved in the fatal wreck, with a dozen victims dying at the crash scene and another who died at a hospital. The deceased victims ranged in age from 19 to 53 years old.
"They were product to be delivered," Askins said."And if for some reason that particular product didn't make it, there's plenty more product waiting." His statement continued,"I'm not the person who caused the accident. I do accept that I was participating with that group. I would have tried anything to save those people, but it was not in my hands.""I close my eyes and I see that day. People dead all around me. My daughter is dead as well," she told U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo."It is something I don't wish for my worst enemy, because losing a child is like losing part of one's own life.
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