Two men, members of a network of traffickers who were found guilty of death 53 migrant Inside a Dalica in Texas of USAIn 2022, one in prison and the other were sentenced to life in prison on Friday (27.06.2025).
The Federal Court in San Antonio, Texas, USA, issued its verdict for Felipe Orduna-Toro, 30, and Armando Gonzalez Ortega, 55, just three years after the day the tragedy was revealed with immigrants.
About 60 people from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, including eight children and one pregnant, entered the end of June 2022, whose air conditioning system did not work.
During the trip, from the Mexican border to San Antonio, the temperature inside the vehicle went up and some of the immigrants began to seek help, hitting the sheets. In vain.
In total, 53 of them died, 48 before even reaching San Antonio. The other 5 died in the hospital where they were transported and only 11 survived.
“These criminals will spend the rest of their lives in prison because they made the raw choice to benefit from human tragedy,” Justice Minister Pam Bodi commented.
According to the indictment, each immigrant paid $ 12-15,000.
Felipe Ordouna-Tororas, considered a leader of the network, was sentenced to life imprisonment. His accomplice, who participated in the coordination of the business, was sentenced to 83 years in prison. Five other men were found guilty of the same case, but their sentences will be announced in November or December.
A alleged executive of the same network, Rigoberto Miranda-Morosco, was arrested in Guatemala in August 2024 and published in the US where he will be tried on September 29.