Three Convicted in Immigrants' Deaths
Juan A. Lozano
The Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
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Houston (US):
A jury Wednesday convicted three people connected to the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt, in which 19 people died after being left inside an airtight truck trailer.Each defendant was convicted of conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal immigrants, as well as other counts, and all face life in prison.
Victor Sanchez Rodriguez, 58, was also convicted of eight counts of harboring and nine counts of transporting illegal immigrants. His wife, Emma Sapata Rodriguez, 59, was convicted of eight counts of harboring and six counts of transporting.
And her half-sister, Rosa Sarrata Gonzalez, was convicted of one count of harboring.More than 70 illegal immigrants had crowded into the back of a tractor-trailer rig to be hauled from South Texas to Houston in May 2003.Seventeen people died inside, and two died later, all of dehydration, overheating and suffocation.
Feb 08, 2006
Juan A. Lozano
The Associated Press
Houston Chronicle
_____________
Houston (US):
A jury Wednesday convicted three people connected to the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt, in which 19 people died after being left inside an airtight truck trailer.Each defendant was convicted of conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal immigrants, as well as other counts, and all face life in prison.
Victor Sanchez Rodriguez, 58, was also convicted of eight counts of harboring and nine counts of transporting illegal immigrants. His wife, Emma Sapata Rodriguez, 59, was convicted of eight counts of harboring and six counts of transporting.
And her half-sister, Rosa Sarrata Gonzalez, was convicted of one count of harboring.More than 70 illegal immigrants had crowded into the back of a tractor-trailer rig to be hauled from South Texas to Houston in May 2003.Seventeen people died inside, and two died later, all of dehydration, overheating and suffocation.
Feb 08, 2006
