Charges filed against five more people in San Antonio smuggling tragedy that killed 53 migrants

Community members gather at a makeshift memorial on June 30, 2022, outside San Antonio. Community members paid their respects to the 53 people who died after being left in a trailer by their smugglers. (Credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune)

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Federal prosecutors have filed charges against five additional people in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found inside of a tractor-trailer a year ago in San Antonio — which officials have described as the “country’s deadliest human smuggling event.”