U.S. authorities announced the arrests of four men they say were part of a smuggling effort last year that ended in deaths of 53 migrants
The four new arrests were made Monday in Houston, San Antonio and Marshall, Texas. The new defendants are Riley Covarrubias-Ponce, 30; Felipe Orduna-Torres, 28; Luis Alberto Rivera-Leal, 37; and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, 53. All are charged with conspiracy to transport immigrants resulting in death, serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy. Each man faces a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted..
Migrants paid the organization up to $15,000 each to be taken across the U.S. border The fee would cover up to three attempts to get into the country, the indictment said. The indictment said the men exchanged the names of migrants who would be smuggled in the truck. Orduna-Torres provided the address in the Texas border city of Laredo where they would be picked up, and Gonzalez-Ortega met them there. The four then coordinated the trip and exchanged messages about the truck’s progress on the drive to San Antonio.
Surveillance video captured footage of the 18-wheeler passing through a Border Patrol checkpoint. One survivor, a 20-year-old from Guatemala, told The Associated Press that the smugglers had covered the trailer’s floor with what she believed was powdered chicken bouillon, apparently to throw off any dogs at the checkpoint.
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