Guatemalan Police Arrest Seven in San Antonio Tragedy of 53 Migrants

Aug 22, 2024, 11:34 AM

Guatemalan police have arrested seven individuals accused of smuggling 53 migrants who died of asphyxiation in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, in 2022. The arrests are part of a broader effort by authorities in Guatemala and the United States to dismantle a human-smuggling network responsible for one of the deadliest incidents of its kind on U.S. soil. The tragedy occurred when the migrants, smuggled from Mexico and Central America, were abandoned in a sweltering trailer. The U.S. government has also indicted a Guatemalan national on smuggling charges related to the incident.