Guatemalan police have arrested seven people in connection with the deaths 53 migrants locked inside a sweltering tractor-trailer abandoned in San Antonio in June 2022, according to the New York Times. The tragedy was one of the deadliest involving migrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, prompting shock from around the globe. Smugglers locked 66 people, including children, inside the trailer without air conditioning or water. The victims succumbed to heat after the truck was left on the city’s South Side.
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