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Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas
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What happenedGuatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas.
The headline splitWashington's Top News (WTOP) frames it as "Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas". Al Jazeera English frames it as "US jails Guatemalan man for 30 years over deadly smuggling operation".
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CenterGuatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas
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Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Guatemalan man extradited to the U.S. over his role in a 2022 human smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants who had been transported...
Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas
A Guatemalan man who was extradited to the U.S. to face charges related to a smuggling attempt that left 53 migrants dead was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
