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Guatemalan Smuggler Pleads Guilty | San Antonio News
A key human smuggling organizer, Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco, 49, just pleaded guilty in federal court for orchestrating the deadly Quintana Road transport that killed 53 migrants. He admitted arranging the movement of 67 Guatemalteans into the U.S. in a sweltering trailer that reached 90 degrees, causing fatal heat injuries. Facing charges including conspiracy and aiding and abetting death, he could be sentenced to life in prison on October 8th — following convictions last year of two other conspirators who also received life sentences. This case underscores the brutal human cost of…
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