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Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas

Al Jazeera English and Washington's Top News (WTOP) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Guatemalan man gets 30 years for role in smuggling tragedy that killed 53 people in Texas.
The headline split Washington'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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Washington's Top News (WTOP)News report · Oct 21, 2:19 AM

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...

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KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR)News report · Oct 21, 1:11 AM

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.

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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Oct 21, 1:01 AM

US jails Guatemalan man for 30 years over deadly smuggling operation

The 2022 incident resulted in the deaths of 53 migrants trapped inside a tractor-trailer in dangerously high heat.

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CBS News WorldNews report · Oct 20, 11:44 PM

Italy agrees to send Texas man accused of killing pregnant wife back to U.S.

A Texas man who was accused of killing his pregnant wife two years ago fled to Italy. Officials there have agreed to send him back to the U.S. to face charges on the condition that he faces...

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Oct 20, 11:44 PM: CBS News World joined the source map.

Oct 21, 1:01 AM: Al Jazeera English joined the source map.

Oct 21, 1:11 AM: KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) joined the source map.

Oct 21, 2:19 AM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

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