Mexican Smuggling Ring Operators Arrested for Migrant Trailer Deaths

Four Mexican nationals were aware that the trailer’s air-conditioning unit was malfunctioning and would not blow cool air to the migrants trapped inside during the nearly three-hour ride.
The smuggling operation transported migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico by sharing routes, guides, stash houses, trucks and trailers, some of which were stored at a private parking lot in San Antonio.
The new defendants are charged with conspiracy to transport immigrants resulting in death, serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy.
The driver and another man were arrested shortly after the migrants were found.
They were charged with smuggling resulting in death and conspiracy.