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Guatemalan Smugglers Face Life Sentences | Laredo News
Two Guatemalan men, Agapito Jorge Ventura and Oswaldo Manuel Zavala Quino, have pleaded guilty to running a deadly human smuggling ring tied to the horrific December 2021 tractor-trailer crash in Mexico that killed over 50 and injured more than 100. The operation moved vulnerable migrants—including children traveling alone—from Guatemala through Mexico to the U.S., with Ventura orchestrating the scheme from Houston and coaching migrants on how to deceive border agents. This tragedy, involving 150 migrants crammed into a trailer that flipped near Tuxtla Gutiérrez, underscores the perilous…
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