Crime & Public Safety

DOJ Shuts Down Human Smuggling Operation That Led to 53 Deaths in Texas

Guatemalan Rigoberto Miranda-Orozco. faces six counts of smuggling illegal immigrants resulting in injury and death, with a maximum sentence of life in prison.
DOJ Shuts Down Human Smuggling Operation That Led to 53 Deaths in Texas
People place flowers and candles at a makeshift memorial where a tractor-trailer was discovered with deceased illegal immigrants inside, near San Antonio, Texas, on June 29, 2022. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
Matt McGregor
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A Department of Justice (DOJ) task force take-down of a human smuggling operation in Guatemala on Wednesday has led to 14 arrests.

The human smuggling operation transported people from Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico into the United States between 2021 and 2022.

Matt McGregor
Matt McGregor
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Matt McGregor is an Epoch Times reporter who covers general U.S. news and features. Send him your story ideas: [email protected]
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