{"id":1502,"date":"2025-06-27T19:20:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/two-sentenced-in-texas-for-role-in-deaths-of-53-migrants\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:20:23","slug":"two-sentenced-in-texas-for-role-in-deaths-of-53-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/two-sentenced-in-texas-for-role-in-deaths-of-53-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Two sentenced in Texas for role in deaths of 53 migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tHOUSTON: The leader of a human smuggling ring convicted of involvement in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas in 2022 was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.<\/p>\n

\tFelipe Orduna-Torres, 30, headed a network that brought adults and children from Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico into the United States between December 2021 and June 2022, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

\tHe was convicted in March of transporting aliens within the United States resulting in death, causing serious bodily injury, and placing lives in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

\tDistrict Judge Orlando Garcia of the Western District of Texas sentenced Orduna-Torres to life in prison on Friday and a $250,000 fine, the Justice Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\tAnother convicted member of the smuggling ring, Armando Gonzales-Ortega, 55, was sentenced to 83 years in prison for his involvement in the deaths of the 53 migrants.<\/p>\n

\t“These criminals will spend the rest of their lives in prison because of their cruel choice to profit off of human suffering,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said. “Today’s sentences are a powerful message to human smugglers everywhere: we will not rest until you are behind bars.”<\/p>\n

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\tFive other defendants have pleaded guilty to their roles in the fatal smuggling operation and are to be sentenced later this year.<\/p>\n

\tAnother alleged member of the smuggling ring, Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco, 48, was extradited to the United States from Guatemala and is scheduled to go on trial in September.<\/p>\n

\tAccording to the US authorities, the smugglers charged $12,000 to $15,000 per person to bring the migrants, who mostly hailed from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, into the United States.<\/p>\n

\tAt least 64 migrants including eight children and a pregnant woman were loaded into a 53-foot (16-meter) tractor-trailer on or around June 27, 2022 to be moved across the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

\tThe trailer’s air conditioning was not working properly and the temperature inside the truck soared as it drove north to San Antonio.<\/p>\n

\tForty-eight people were dead when the trailer reached San Antonio and five more died later in hospital. Six children and the pregnant woman were among the dead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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HOUSTON: The leader of a human smuggling ring convicted of involvement in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas in 2022 was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Felipe Orduna-Torres, 30, headed a network that brought adults and children from Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico into the United States between December…<\/p>\n

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