A federal grand jury in San Antonio, Texas has indicted four men in connection with a deadly human smuggling incident in late June that killed 53 illegal immigrants and injured 11 more.
The 53 people who died, three of whom were minors, were among a group of illegal immigrants found inside an 18-wheeler truck on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio on June 27.
All four of those indicted had been previously charged by prosecutors. The more serious grand jury indictments in San Antonio move the accused one step closer to trial.
Two Americans, the alleged driver, Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, of Pasadena, Texas, and his co-defendant, Christian Martinez, 28, of Palestine, Texas, could face the death penalty or life in prison if convicted, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas….