Two men, members of a network of traffickers who were found guilty of the deaths of 53 immigrants in a Texas Dalica in 2022, were sentenced today to life imprisonment and the other to 83 years in prison.
The Federal Court in San Antonio issued his verdict for Felipe Ordouna-Toroles, 30 years of age and Armando Gonzalez Ortega55, just three years since the day the tragedy was revealed.
About 60 immigrants from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, including eight children and a pregnant woman, boarded in late June 2022 in a tray, whose air conditioning system did not work.
During the trip, from the Mexican border to San Antonio, the temperature inside the vehicle went up and some of the immigrants began to seek help, hitting the sheets. In vain.
In total, 53 of them died, 48 before even reaching the heavy vehicle in San Antonio. The other 5 died in the hospital where they were transported and only 11 survived.
“These criminals will spend the rest of their lives in prison because they made the raw choice to benefit from human tragedy,” the justice minister commented Pam Bodi.
According to the indictment, each immigrant paid $ 12-15,000.
THE Felipe Ordouna-Toroles, He is considered a leader of the network, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His accomplice, who participated in the coordination of the business, was sentenced to 83 years in prison. Five other men were found guilty of the same case but their sentences will be announced in November or December.
A alleged executive of the same network, the Rigoberto Miranda-MoscowHe was arrested in Guatemala in August 2024 and issued in the US where he will be tried on September 29.
Source :Skai
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