Three Convicted in Immigrants’ Deaths
Via Yahoo
HOUSTON – A jury Wednesday convicted three people in the nation’s
deadliest human smuggling attempt, in which 19 people died after being
left inside an airtight truck trailer.
The defendants, all U.S. citizens, were convicted of conspiracy to
harbor and transport illegal immigrants, as well as other counts, and
all face life in prison.
They were accused of hiding and transporting some of the immigrants
before the group was packed into the trailer in South Texas. The jury
had to decide whether each defendant was responsible for the smuggling
of each immigrant involved.
The U.S. Immigration Law Blog by Ashwin Sharma 