Coverage dated July 20, 2022

2 indicted in migrant death-trailer case that left 53 dead

Headline from KAAL Rochester

Four men have been indicted by federal grand juries in connection with the smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead after they were trapped in the back of a sweltering semitruck last month, a tragedy one Homeland Security Investigations agent called the deadliest human smuggling incident in US…

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  1. KAAL Rochester

    2 indicted in migrant death-trailer case that left 53 dead (opens KAAL Rochester)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said. A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Homero Zamorano Jr.

  2. Fox5 Atlanta

    2 Pasadena men indicted in migrant death-trailer case that killed 53 (opens Fox5 Atlanta)

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    Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.

  3. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Two Texans indicted in deaths of migrants (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.

  4. KESQ Palm Springs

    4 men indicted in the Texas semitruck smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    By Rosa Flores and Chris Boyette, CNN Four men have been indicted by federal grand juries in connection with the smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead after they were trapped in the back of a sweltering semitruck last month, a tragedy one Homeland Security Investigations agent called the de…

  5. KVIA El Paso

    Driver, another man indicted in case of 53 migrants who died in San Antonio during smuggling run (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Driver, another man indicted in case of 53 migrants who died in San Antonio during smuggling run.

  6. Washington Examiner

    Four men indicted over smuggling operation that left 53 migrants dead in San Antonio (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Four people have been indicted by federal grand juries in connection to a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 53 migrants found inside an abandoned tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas.

  7. New York Times

    2 Are Indicted in Human Smuggling Case That Left 53 Dead in Texas (opens New York Times)

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    Two men from Texas could face the death penalty after a tractor-trailer carrying dead migrants was found on the outskirts of San Antonio last month.

  8. NPR

    2 men are indicted in the tractor-trailer case that left migrants dead in Texas (opens NPR)

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    A federal grand jury indicted Homero Zamorano Jr. and Christian Martinez, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death.

  9. NBC News

    Two men indicted in Texas truck smuggling case in which 53 migrants died (opens NBC News)

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    The counts carry up to life in prison or the death penalty. Fifty-three people died after they were found in an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio in June.

  10. Tyler Morning Telegraph

    Man with East Texas ties indicted in migrant death-trailer case that left 53 dead (opens Tyler Morning Telegraph)

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    Tyler Morning Telegraph's feed description

    Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said. One of

  11. Los Angeles Times

    2 indicted in migrant-smuggling tractor-trailer case that left 53 dead (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Two men have been indicted in the case of a tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants inside in San Antonio.

  12. Valdosta Daily Times

    2 Texas men are indicted in the migrant death-trailer case (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    Valdosta Daily Times's feed description

    SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.

  13. Bowling Green Daily News

    2 indicted in migrant death-trailer case that left 53 died (opens Bowling Green Daily News)

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    Bowling Green Daily News's feed description

    Two men have been indicted in the case of a tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants inside in San Antonio. A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office

  14. Fox News

    Texas grand jury indicts 2 men in migrant trailer case that left 53 people dead (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A federal grand jury in Texas indicted two alleged human smugglers connected to the deaths of 53 migrants who were found in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio.

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