Guatemalan Smugglers Plead Guilty in Deadly 2021 Mexico Truck Crash
· Texas Border Business
Two Guatemalan nationals, Josefa Quino Canil De Zavala, 43, and Alberto Marcario Chitic, 32, have pleaded guilty to human smuggling charges linked to a tragic truck crash in Mexico in December 2021. The incident involved a tractor-trailer carrying over 160 illegal immigrants, resulting in more than 50 fatalities, including unaccompanied children, and injuring over 100 others. They admitted to conspiring to transport these individuals from Guatemala through Mexico to the U.S. Sentencing is scheduled for September 9, where they could face life in prison and fines up to $250,000. The case highlights ongoing efforts to combat human smuggling networks.
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