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Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years in 2022 Texas smuggling deaths

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A federal judge sentenced a 39-year-old Guatemalan man to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in a 2022 smuggling operation in which 53 migrants died after being left in an overheated tractor-trailer in Texas. The Washington Times reported the victims died from overheating inside the truck's trailer.

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