Smugglers to be sentenced in 53 migrant deaths from 2022 human smuggling tragedy in Texas
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Angelita Olvera visits a memorial honoring the victims and survivors of a human smuggling tragedy where dozens of migrants were found in an airless tractor-trailer rig two years ago, in San Antonio, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Photos of victims are displayed as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Justin Simmons holds a news conference following the the sentence hearing for Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, smugglers connected to an operation that led to the deaths of 53 migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer, Friday, June 27, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Angelita Olvera visits a memorial honoring the victims and survivors of a human smuggling tragedy where dozens of migrants were found in an airless tractor-trailer rig in 2022, in San Antonio, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Photos of victims are displayed during a news conference following the the sentence hearing for Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, smugglers connected to an operation that led to the deaths of 53 migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer, Friday, June 27, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Crosses stand at a memorial honoring the victims and survivors of a human smuggling tragedy where dozens of migrants were found in an airless tractor-trailer rig two years ago, in San Antonio, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)FILE - Body bags lie at the scene where a tractor trailer with multiple dead bodies was discovered, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay,File)Photos of victims are displayed as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas Justin Simmons holds a news conference following the the sentence hearing for Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, smugglers connected to an operation that led to the deaths of 53 migrants in the back of a tractor-trailer, Friday, June 27, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Crosses stand at a memorial honoring the victims and survivors of a human smuggling tragedy where dozens of migrants were found in an airless tractor-trailer rig two years ago, in San Antonio, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Angelita Olvera visits a memorial honoring the victims and survivors of a human smuggling tragedy where dozens of migrants were found in an airless tractor-trailer rig two years ago, in San Antonio, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)