US Charges 5 Guatemalans Linked to Fatal 2021 Mexico Truck Crash

Guatemalan Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez said the men were part of a criminal network named ‘Los Quinos.’

The site of a trailer accident that left over 50 people dead, most of them illegal immigrants from Central America, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Chiapas state, Mexico, on Dec. 9, 2021. Jacob Garcia/Reuters

Five Guatemalans have been arrested in connection to the 2021 crash of a semi-trailer truck, which resulted in the deaths of over 50 illegal immigrants, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday.

The arrests of the alleged human smugglers were made in Guatemala and Texas.