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2 men are indicted in the tractor-trailer case that left migrants dead in Texas

Photos of Jair Valencia, left, Misael Olivares, center, and Yovani Valencia are displayed on an altar at their home in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Mexico, on July 13, 2022. The three were among a group of migrants who died of heat and dehydration in a locked tractor-trailer abandoned by smugglers on the outskirts of San Antonio on June 27. (Felix Marquez/AP)

Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer rig found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said.

A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, and Christian Martinez, 28, both of Pasadena, Texas, on counts of transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in death; and transporting and conspiring to transport migrants illegally resulting in serious injury.

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