Four in custody in Texas migrant smuggling case
Four men are in federal custody after dozens of dead migrants were discovered Monday in the trailer of an apparently abandoned big rig in San Antonio.
Four men are in federal custody after dozens of dead migrants were discovered Monday in the trailer of an apparently abandoned big rig in San Antonio.
Two additional arrests were announced Wednesday as the death toll rose to 53.
Homero Zamorano Jr. 45, of Pasadena, Texas, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of alien smuggling resulting in death, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas.
Zamorano, who was wearing the same clothes as the big rig driver seen on surveillance footage at an immigration checkpoint, was found hiding in a bush and detained by San Antonio officers, officials said.
Christian Martinez, 28, was arrested Tuesday in Palestine, Texas, on one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death, officials said.
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