Smuggling Leader and Top Coordinator Will Spend Remainder of Their Lives in Prison Following Their Sentencing on Third Anniversary of Deadly Tractor-Trailer Smuggling Conspiracy
Two convicted human smugglers were sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio today for their prominent roles in the 2022 mass casualty human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in the deaths of 47 adults and six children.
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia for the Western District of Texas sentenced Orduna-Torres to life in prison and a $250,000 fine, and Gonzales-Ortega to 83 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Both defendants were found guilty by a federal jury in March for three counts related to the transportation of aliens within the United States resulting in death, causing serious bodily injury, and placing lives in jeopardy. Following the jury’s verdict at the trial, Judge Garcia set the sentencing date, noting that it would be three years to the day from when the 53 migrants perished as a result of the defendants’ smuggling scheme.
“These criminals will spend the rest of their lives in prison because of their cruel choice to profit off of human suffering,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Today’s sentences are a powerful message to human smugglers everywhere: we will not rest until you are behind bars.”
“Three years to the day after these two smugglers and their co-conspirators left dozens of men, women, and children locked in a sweltering tractor-trailer to die in the Texas summer heat, they learned that they will spend the rest of their lives locked away in a federal prison,” said U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas. “We recognize the justice handed down by Judge Garcia and thank our law enforcement partners for their great work that led to today’s outcome. At the same time, we reinforce the message that these criminal organizations will not place the lives of the desperate and vulnerable above their own financial enrichment. My office remains focused on prosecuting smugglers and their networks, and ultimately eradicating transnational criminal organizations.” more
SAN ANTONIO?? HOME TO THE ALAMO?? JIM BOWIE?? DAVY CROCKETT?? WILLIAM TRAVIS??
NOW HOME TO THE LGBTQ FLAG OVER THE COUNTY BUILDING??
SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE!!
Nah. The death penalty is warranted.
But who will pick Whoopie’s vegetables, and who will scrub Kelly’s Toilet.
Three years to get this settled? !!! The courts are too slow. Justice denied, quickly.
That’s not enough.
They should have been fast tracked to the electric chair.
Or they get to continue controlling Hollywood, etc.
It sounds like they’re going to prison for killing Mexicans, not trafficking.
But who will pick Whoopie’s vegetables?
Oh my, that is a ten on the Richter Scale