Guatemalan Smuggler Pleads Guilty in Deadly Migrant Tragedy | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 4, 2026 · 1m

Guatemalan migrant smuggler Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco has pleaded guilty to orchestrating the deadliest migrant tragedy in U.S. history — 53 deaths and 11 injuries in a 2022 tractor-trailer crash in San Antonio. He admitted to arranging deadly transport routes from Guatemala through Mexico into the U.S., with two migrants under his care dying in the crash. Arrested in Guatemala in 2024 and extradited, he now faces life in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy, aiding and abetting, and causing serious bodily injury — a case that underscores the brutal consequences of human smuggling…