Fifty-three migrants died in the back of an unairconditioned truck in 2022, marking the deadliest smuggling incident at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The leader of a human smuggling ring convicted of involvement in the deaths of 53 migrants in a sweltering truck in Texas in 2022 was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. Another convicted member of the smuggling ring,

Two human smugglers who were convicted of causing the deaths of 53 migrants whom they were trying to sneak into the U.S. in a sweltering hot tractor trailer were sentenced today.