Alleged driver of truck packed with dying migrants pretended to be a survivor, official says [Breaking]
The alleged driver of a truck packed with migrants who died in the sweltering Texas heat this week could face the death penalty for his role in one of the deadliest human-trafficking incidents in U.S. history.
Another worker at the company, Roberto Quintero, ran out to find a girl about 10 or 11 years old who had managed to get out of the truck and was sitting on the ground, pounding the pavement and screaming.“I didn’t get her name or think to ask where she came from,” said Quintero, 57. “She just kept hanging on my arms, screaming, ‘Help me, help me.’ ”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the tractor-trailer was not inspected at the checkpoint “because the Border Patrol does not have the resources to be able to inspect all of the trucks.” He announced that the state will add new checkpoints near the border aimed at finding those who are smuggling people.
Texas Department of Corrections records show he was last sent to prison for about 15 months in 2016 and 2017 for jumping bail and failing to appear in court. Before that he served nearly three years for residential burglary beginning in 2000. She said Zamorano moved often: from the border to east Texas, south Florida and ultimately Houston, after Medina and the rest of the family settled there in 1998. Zamorano worked on and off as a handyman, stealing to fund his drug use and spending time behind bars, Medina said.
Medina said the arrest was particularly painful because the family has roots in Matamoros, Mexico, just across the border from Brownsville.
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