Four people have now been arrested in connection with the people-smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 53 people in the back of a sweltering semi-trailer near America’s southern border, according to the Department of Justice.
Homero Zamorano, 45, was charged on Wednesday with one count of alleged alien smuggling resulting in death, and Christian Martinez, 28, was charged with one count of alleged conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death.
If convicted of the crimes, both Zamorano and Martinez face up to life in prison or possibly the death penalty.
Zamorano was identified as the truck’s driver after Laredo Sector Border Patrol provided Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents with surveillance footage of the truck driving through an immigration checkpoint….