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Garcia Surrenders in Deadly Smuggling Case | San Antonio News
A 37-year-old woman, Karina Garcia, has surrendered to face federal charges in a horrific human smuggling case that ended in seven deaths. Prosecutors allege she and ten others conspired to transport undocumented migrants in a sealed, unventilated shipping container on a train — six died in Laredo, one near San Antonio. The victims, including a 14-year-old boy from Honduras and Mexico, succumbed to heat-related illness after being abandoned in distress. Garcia, one of eight already arrested, now faces a possible life sentence; only one suspect, Seferino Huerta-Casillas, remains at large as…
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