San Antonio (CNN)A tractor trailer driver who, due to the hot and humid conditions of, has 53 immigrants.Died. In San Antonio this week, he was unaware that the truck's air conditioning unit had failed, according to a federal criminal accusation filed Wednesday in an investigation into the worst human smuggling case in US history.
According to the complaint, the alleged conspirator in the case revealed the driver's approval to a federal informant.
The man exchanged photos containing one of the "truck loading manifests" and was discussing whether the driver should go "in the same place", complaints said Martinez to Laredo's place. Texas added that it sent GPS coordinates.
Martinez "starts a conversation about the deaths of several people in the tractor trailer," citing information shared by a sensitive informant communicating with Martinez, who was already the subject. I admitted that I was involved. Of Homeland Security Survey Probe.
Martinez said the semi-truck driver was unaware that the air conditioning unit had stopped working, the informant told investigators, the complaint said. There is. The discovery of the
"None of these people were able to free themselves from the truck," said fire chief Charles Hood. "So they were still there and were waiting for help when we arrived ... that means they were too weak to actually get out and help themselves-weakened.
This is "the worst trafficking case in the United States," said Craig Lullaby, a special agent for investigations at the Department of Homeland Security.
"Previously, smuggling organizations were moms and pops," Lullaby told CNN. "Currently, they are organized and tied to cartels. Therefore, you have a criminal organization that does not consider immigrant safety. They are treated like goods, not people."