"Daniel Zavala Ramos, 42, faces a possible sentence of life in prison following his guilty plea in U.S. District Court in Laredo, Texas, to a single charge of conspiring to bring migrants without documents from Guatemala through Mexico to the U.S. and placing lives in jeopardy and causing serious injury and deaths."
"At least 160 migrants, many from Guatemala, were packed into the truck that hit the support base for a pedestrian bridge on Dec. 9, 2021, and overturned, authorities said. At least 53 people were killed and more than 100 were injured."
"The crash occurred on a highway leading toward the Chiapas state capital, some 160 miles from Mexico's border with Guatemala and about 1,400 miles south of the Mexican border with Texas."
Daniel Zavala Ramos, a 42-year-old Guatemalan man, pleaded guilty to conspiring to smuggle migrants into the U.S., acknowledging his role in a 2021 truck crash that resulted in over 50 deaths. He faces a possible life sentence. Ramos was one of six charged in connection with the incident, which involved a truck carrying at least 160 migrants that overturned in Mexico. The crash led to significant casualties, including unaccompanied children. Sentencing is scheduled for July 7, with other defendants awaiting trial.
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