A Mexican man has been charged with human smuggling that led to the deaths of 13 Mexican and Guatemalan people in a car crash near Holtville, California, earlier this month. Jose Cruz Noguez of Mexicali, Mexico, was charged in federal court on Tuesday with coordinating the smuggling event on March 2 that resulted in a mass casualty crash just miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, killing a total of 13 Mexican and Guatemalan nationals. Cruz was charged with “Conspiracy to Bring Aliens to the United States Outside a Port of Entry Causing Serious Bodily Injury/Placing a Life in Jeopardy,” and “Bringing in Aliens Without Presentation for Financial Gain,” the Department of Justice announced in a news release. The crash was between a Ford Expedition SUV and a semi-truck, on Highway 115 at Norrish Road in Holtville—some 115 miles east of San Diego. A total of 25 people were in the SUV at the time of the crash. Of the …