Four men charged after police find link to Texas migrant deaths
by Ramon Antonio Vargas from US news | The Guardian on (#60X96)
Two of the men face smuggling charges after 53 migrants died when the trailer truck was abandoned in sweltering heat
Federal authorities have charged four men in connection with the deaths of at least 53 migrants who were left in an abandoned trailer truck Monday evening in Texas.
The 45-year-old driver, Homero Zamorano Jr, faces charges of smuggling migrants into the US, leading to their deaths. A 28-year-old man whom Zamorano texted during the doomed trip, Christian Martinez, is accused of conspiring in the fatal attempt to smuggle migrants into the country.
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