Four Charged in Connection with Truck Smuggling Deaths of 53 Migrants; Driver Could Face Death Penalty - HS Today

Jul 01, 2022 View Original Article
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    36% Negative

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"The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said Wednesday that Homero Zamorano Jr., 45, of Pasadena, Texas, originally from Brownsville, Texas, was charged with one count of alien smuggling resulting in death, for which he could receive life in prison or the death penalty."
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-16% Liberal
"Mexican officials said Zamorano was pretending to be one of the injured migrants when law enforcement arrived on scene."
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"Investigation of Zamorano's phone led police to Christian Martinez, 28, who was arrested Tuesday in Palestine, Texas, and charged with one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death, for which he could receive life in prison or the death penalty."
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42% : The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said Wednesday that Homero Zamorano Jr., 45, of Pasadena, Texas, originally from Brownsville, Texas, was charged with one count of alien smuggling resulting in death, for which he could receive life in prison or the death penalty.
37% : Mexican officials said Zamorano was pretending to be one of the injured migrants when law enforcement arrived on scene.
36% : Investigation of Zamorano's phone led police to Christian Martinez, 28, who was arrested Tuesday in Palestine, Texas, and charged with one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death, for which he could receive life in prison or the death penalty.
31% :Mexican officials held a press conference Wednesday in which they said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that Zamorano was pretending to be one of the injured migrants when law enforcement arrived on scene.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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