司法部起诉14人：货运列车集装箱偷运致7人死亡，含一名14岁少年
华盛顿 — 美国司法部11月9日宣布，德克萨斯州西区联邦大陪审团提交替代起诉书，共起诉14人，包括7名非法外国人、3名非公民与4名美国公民，指控他们参与一个以牟利为目的的人口走私团伙。其中一次偷运把7人装进通风极差的海运集装箱，7人全部死亡，其中包括一名14岁的洪都拉斯少年。
起诉书指，至少自2023年4月至2026年5月12日，这个团伙在把偷渡者从墨西哥南部边境带入美国后，再用货运列车把他们运往美国内陆。每名偷渡者或其亲友在洪都拉斯、墨西哥、美国等地向走私者支付1,500至10,000美元不等。偷渡者入境后常被藏在 Rio Grande 河畔 Del Rio 一带的藏匿屋或灌木丛中，随后被装进集装箱继续运送。
据法庭文件，2026年2月起，该团伙开始安排至少7名偷渡者进入 Del Rio。5月9日前后，7人从墨西哥越境进入 Del Rio 地区后被带到 Union Pacific 铁路轨道附近。下午1时18分至1时25分，一列 Union Pacific 列车停靠期间，走私者用红色断线钳剪开一个 Conex 集装箱的门锁，把7人装了进去再关上门。这个集装箱叠放在另一个集装箱之上，没有通风或制冷系统，当天室外气温在华氏88至92度之间，箱门从外面锁死、无法从里面打开。
列车随后沿90号公路向东开往 San Antonio。抵达后，走私者打开箱门发现里面的人已命悬一线，随即逃离现场，把其中一名死者丢在铁轨旁，其余死者留在集装箱内。次日列车南下 Laredo。5月10日，Laredo 的 Union Pacific 铁路场一名工人在一个 Conex 集装箱里发现6名死者；San Antonio 执法人员随后在铁轨旁找到第7名死者。7名死者中4人为墨西哥籍、3人为洪都拉斯籍，包括那名14岁少年。调查显示，至少一名受害者曾给亲人发消息求救。
司法部刑事司助理部长 A. Tysen Duva 说，这些被告被指为牟利把人命当作货物，此类案件正是特朗普总统设立国土安全任务组、加强打击跨国犯罪的原因。德州西区联邦检察官 Justin R. Simmons 说，已有多次铁路货车偷运被截获，在那些行动中活下来的人恐怕永远不会意识到自己有多幸运。国土安全调查局（HSI）圣安东尼奥办公室负责人 John A. Pasciucco 说，该网络用货运列车与密封集装箱运人，条件非人且致命。
指控方面，12名被告被控串谋运送外国人致人死亡及协助教唆同罪名，定罪最高可判终身监禁；11名被告被控7项协助教唆非法带入外国人罪名，若其中至少3项成立，最低刑期5年、最高15年；12名被告另被控一项串谋带入外国人造成严重身体伤害并危及生命罪名，最高可判20年；11名被告还被控串谋洗钱，最高可判20年。本案由国土安全调查局 Del Rio、边境巡逻队等多个机构联合调查，是司法部牵头的联合特遣部队阿尔法（JTFA）与国土安全任务组（HSTF）工作的一部分。起诉书只是指控，全体被告在法庭依法证明有罪之前均推定无罪。（来源：美国司法部）
Justice Department Charges 14 in Human Smuggling Scheme That Killed 7 in a Sealed Train Container, Including a 14-Year-Old
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced on November 9 that a federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned a superseding indictment charging 14 individuals, including seven illegal aliens, three non-citizens, and four U.S. citizens, for their roles in a conspiracy to smuggle aliens into the United States for profit. One failed smuggling event killed seven people, including a 14-year-old child from Honduras, who died after being loaded into a poorly ventilated shipping container.
According to court documents, from at least April 2023 through May 12, 2026, the organization used cargo trains to move aliens further into the United States after smuggling them across the southern border from Mexico. Each smuggled alien, or their families and friends, paid between $1,500 and $10,000 to smugglers in Honduras, Mexico, the United States, and elsewhere. Once inside the country, aliens were often housed at stash houses or hidden in the brush along the Rio Grande River near Del Rio, Texas, before being loaded into shipping containers for transport into the interior.
In February 2026, the organization began facilitating the smuggling of at least seven aliens, including the 14-year-old, into Del Rio. On or about May 9, after the seven crossed from Mexico into the Del Rio area, smugglers took them to an area near the Union Pacific train tracks. Between about 1:18 p.m. and 1:25 p.m., while a Union Pacific train was stationary, smugglers used red bolt cutters to cut the lock off a Conex shipping container, loaded the aliens inside, and shut the door. The container was stacked on top of another, had no ventilation or cooling system, and was secured from the outside so it could not be opened from within; recorded outside temperatures that day ranged from 88 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit.
The train then traveled east along U.S. Highway 90 to San Antonio. There, smugglers opened the container, discovered the aliens in peril, and fled, leaving one of the deceased near the railroad tracks and the rest in the container. The next day the train departed south to Laredo. On May 10, a worker at the Union Pacific Rail Yard in Laredo found six people deceased inside the container, and San Antonio law enforcement later found the seventh victim by the tracks. Four of the deceased were Mexican nationals and three were Honduran nationals, including the 14-year-old. The investigation revealed that at least one victim messaged a loved one pleading for help.
Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Criminal Division said the defendants allegedly treated human beings like cargo for financial gain, and that cases like these are why President Trump established the Homeland Security Task Force. U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas said there have been multiple rail car smuggling interdictions in recent months and that survivors of those schemes may never realize how fortunate they are. John A. Pasciucco, Special Agent in Charge of HSI San Antonio, said the network used cargo trains and sealed shipping containers to move people in conditions that were inhumane and deadly.
Twelve defendants are charged with conspiracy to transport aliens resulting in death and aiding and abetting the same, carrying a maximum penalty of life in prison. Eleven defendants face seven counts of aiding and abetting illegally bringing aliens to the United States, with a minimum of five years and a maximum of 15 years if convicted of at least three counts. Twelve defendants are charged with conspiracy to bring aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy, up to 20 years, and 11 with conspiracy to commit money laundering, up to 20 years. The case was investigated by HSI and the U.S. Border Patrol, among many partners, and is part of the Joint Task Force Alpha and Homeland Security Task Force efforts. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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