Migrant Smugglers Sentenced To Decades in Prison For 2022 Texas Tragedy That Killed 53

Authorities who discovered the trailer on June 27, 2022, found 64 migrants inside. Forty-eight were already dead, and 16 others were taken to hospitals, where five later died. (Credit: Via CNN)

Three years after the deadliest human smuggling tragedy in U.S. history, two men have been sentenced to decades in prison for their involvement.

On the third anniversary of the tragedy, Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega became the first defendants sentenced in connection with the case that left 53 people dead near San Antonio, Texas.