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Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas

Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas
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A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Guatemalan man extradited to the U.S. over his role in a 2022 human smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants who had been transported in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas.U.S. and Guatemalan prosecutors called Rigoberto...

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