Two more men plead guilty in US for deadly 2021 human-smuggling truck crash
Summary
Two Guatemalan men pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for their roles in a human smuggling operation that caused a deadly 2021 truck crash in southern Mexico, killing 55 migrants. They face life in prison and admitted to helping smuggle adults and children from Guatemala to the U.S.Key Facts
- The crash happened in December 2021 near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico.
- About 166 migrants were packed into a truck, many standing with very little space.
- The truck overturned on a sharp curve, killing 55 people and injuring more than 100.
- Jorge Agapito Ventura and Oswaldo Manuel Zavala Quino admitted conspiring to smuggle migrants for money.
- Ventura coordinated from Cleveland, Texas, and gave false scripts to migrants to use if caught.
- Zavala Quino was extradited from Guatemala to the U.S.; Ventura was arrested in Texas.
- Some migrants sold their homes in Guatemala to pay smugglers, hoping for a better life in the U.S.
- Five of six accused Guatemalans have now pleaded guilty; one case is still pending.
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