{"id":22662,"date":"2022-07-02T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T17:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22662"},"modified":"2022-07-02T13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T17:56:14","slug":"texas-migrant-deaths-truck-driver-unaware-air-conditioner-had-stopped-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/07\/02\/texas-migrant-deaths-truck-driver-unaware-air-conditioner-had-stopped-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas migrant deaths: Truck driver ‘unaware air conditioner had stopped working’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The suspected driver of a truck where 53 migrants died from heat in Texas did not know that the air conditioner had stopped working, court documents say.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Homero Zamorano, 45, was found hiding near the truck on Monday, officials say. He is one of four people charged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Zamorano and alleged conspirator Christian Mart\u00ednez, 28, are accused of sending text messages to each other before and after the truck was found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is the deadliest human trafficking incident in US history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Several children found in the vehicle are still being treated in hospital. The victims were from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Zamorano was found hiding in bushes. Mexican officials say he initially tried to pass himself off as one of the survivors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was arrested when surveillance photos showed him driving the truck past a US Border Patrol checkpoint in Laredo, Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to federal court documents, a confidential government informant working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Texas police told officials that Mr Zamorano and Mr Mart\u00ednez had spoken after the deaths were reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Mart\u00ednez allegedly said: “The driver was unaware the air conditioning unit stopped working and was the reason why the individuals died.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The documents add that the informant and Mr Mart\u00ednez were standing within several metres of each other when the conversation took place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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