# Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years for role in Texas smuggling tragedy that killed 53

https://mins.news/en/item/108846

- CBC News, 2026-10-21 03:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/migrant-trailer-suffocation-death-guatemalan-sentence-9.7389531?cmp=rss

> A U.S. federal judge sentenced a Guatemalan man to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in a 2022 human-smuggling attempt. He was extradited to the United States after 53 migrants transported in a sweltering tractor-trailer died in Texas.

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