US sentences Guatemalan man to 30 years in prison over deadly migrant smuggling operation
A US court has sentenced a Guatemalan man to 30 years in prison over a human smuggling operation. In 2022, 53 immigrants died in a tractor-trailer in dangerously high heat during that operation.
A court in the United States has sentenced a Guatemalan man to 30 years in prison for his role in a migrant smuggling operation during which 53 immigrants died in 2022. The case concerns cross-border human smuggling and ends with a lengthy prison term.
According to the news outlet Al Jazeera, the 2022 incident involved people trapped inside a tractor-trailer in dangerously high heat. The immigrants inside the vehicle died.
The available report does not name the convicted man, give the exact location of the incident, identify the court that handed down the sentence, or provide details about anyone else involved. Those points are not set out in the source text.
