2022年San Antonio人口走私惨案参与者被判30年：危地马拉籍男子引渡来美受审获刑
美国司法部10月20日宣布，危地马拉籍男子 Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco（39岁）当天在德州 San Antonio 被判处30年监禁。他参与的2022年人口走私事件造成53人死亡、11人受伤，是美国伤亡最惨重的人口走私事件之一。
2022年6月27日，执法人员在 San Antonio 发现一辆拖车，车内载有64人。这批人自边境城市 Laredo 被运送约156英里，途中拖车没有空调、温度约90华氏度（约32摄氏度）。48人被发现时已经死亡，另有5人送医后不治；死者中包括6名未成年人和至少1名孕妇。
法庭文件显示，Miranda-Orozco 与其他走私者合谋，协助安排多人从危地马拉经墨西哥偷渡至美国，每名偷渡者被收取约12,000至15,000美元。他在事件后返回危地马拉，2024年8月在一次国际联合行动中被捕，2025年3月被引渡至美国，其后承认共谋将外国人带入美国并致人死亡等罪名。
法庭文件还显示，Miranda-Orozco 经手的两名危地马拉客户在事件中死亡、另有一人受重伤；他曾在危地马拉、墨西哥和美国境内为偷渡者安排交通与住宿。本案量刑由联邦地区法官 Orlando Garcia 宣判。
司法部刑事司助理部长 A. Tysen Duva 表示：「人口走私组织依靠像 Miranda-Orozco 这样的人来推进其犯罪阴谋，把人送上非法进入美国的危险道路。」德州西区联邦检察官 Justin R. Simmons 表示，拖车内的数十名死者中有21人来自危地马拉。此案由国土安全调查局（HSI）San Antonio 办公室牵头调查，司法部刑事司与德州西区联邦检察官办公室负责起诉。Simmons 还说，调查人员发现受害者生前挣扎的痕迹：「很明显，他们在生命的最后几个小时里遭受了巨大的痛苦。他们简直是在试图用手抓挠着逃出去。」国土安全调查局（HSI）代理执行副主任 John A. Condon 亦就判刑发表了声明。
据司法部公布，米兰达-奥罗斯科已于今年7月2日就三项罪名认罪：共谋将外国人带入美国并致人死亡；协助、教唆将外国人带入美国并致人死亡；协助、教唆将外国人带入美国并致人严重身体伤害。本案由司法部刑事司人权与特别起诉科审判律师亚历山德拉·斯金尼恩、得州西区第一助理联邦检察官埃里克·富克斯与助理联邦检察官何塞·路易斯·阿科斯塔起诉。司法部称，支持本案的阿尔法联合特遣队（JTFA）迄今已促成486项以上国内外逮捕、447项以上美国定罪与374项以上重要监禁刑期。
Participant in 2022 San Antonio Smuggling Tragedy Sentenced to 30 Years: Guatemalan Man Was Extradited to Face Trial
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 20 that Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco, 39, a Guatemalan national, was sentenced in San Antonio, Texas, to 30 years in prison for his involvement in a 2022 alien smuggling event that resulted in 53 deaths and 11 injuries, one of the deadliest human smuggling incidents in U.S. history.
On June 27, 2022, law enforcement found a tractor trailer in San Antonio carrying 64 people. The group had been transported about 156 miles from the border city of Laredo in a trailer with no air conditioning, in temperatures of about 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty-eight people were already dead when the trailer was opened and five more died in hospital; the dead included six minors and at least one pregnant woman.
According to court documents, Miranda-Orozco conspired with other smugglers to facilitate the travel of multiple migrants from Guatemala through Mexico and into the United States, charging each migrant about $12,000 to $15,000. He returned to Guatemala after the incident, was arrested there in August 2024 during an international operation, and was extradited to the United States in March 2025, after which he pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy to bring aliens into the country resulting in death.
Court documents also show that two of Miranda-Orozco's Guatemalan clients died in the incident and a third was seriously injured; he had arranged transportation and accommodations for migrants in Guatemala, Mexico and the United States. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia imposed the sentence.
"Alien smuggling organizations rely on people like Miranda-Orozco to facilitate their criminal conspiracies and put people on the dangerous path of illegally entering the United States," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas said 21 of the dozens of deceased found in the trailer were from Guatemala. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in San Antonio and prosecuted by the Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. Simmons also said investigators found evidence of the victims' struggle: "It was clear that they suffered tremendously in their last few hours on this earth. They were literally trying to claw their way out." John A. Condon, acting Executive Associate Director of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), also commented on the sentencing.
Miranda-Orozco pleaded guilty on July 2 to three counts: conspiracy to bring an alien into the United States resulting in death; aiding and abetting bringing an alien into the United States resulting in death; and aiding and abetting bringing an alien into the United States resulting in serious bodily injury. The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Alexandra Skinnion of the Criminal Division's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Fuchs and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jose Luis Acosta for the Western District of Texas. The Justice Department said Joint Task Force Alpha, which supported the case, has to date produced more than 486 domestic and international arrests, more than 447 U.S. convictions and more than 374 significant jail sentences.
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