Two more men plead guilty in US for deadly 2021 human-smuggling truck crash

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: July 9, 2026Country: United States

World / InternationalCrime & Law

Two more men plead guilty in US for deadly 2021 human-smuggling truck crash

Two Guatemalan men pleaded guilty in the United States for their role in a human smuggling operation that led to a truck crash in Mexico in 2021, killing 55 migrants. Jorge Agapito Ventura and Oswaldo Manuel Zavala Quino face up to life in prison when sentenced in October. Prosecutors said over 150 migrants were packed into the trailer, and the driver lost control on a sharp curve.

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