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The deadliest smuggling incident in history

Published July 21, 2022 8:46 AM

(KYMA, KECY/CNN) - In Texas, four people have been indicted in a suspected semi-truck smuggling operation that left dozens of migrants dead last month.

Federal grand juries returned indictments Wednesday –- calling it the deadliest human smuggling incident in u-s history.

53 migrants died and nearly a dozen others were hospitalized for heat-related conditions after they were found inside a semi-truck in San Antonio.

If convicted, the men could face the death penalty on the most serious charges.

Their attorneys have not yet responded.

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