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A federal jury found two men accused in the 2022 migrant smuggling tragedy along Quintana Road in San Antonio guilty on Tuesday afternoon.
The human smuggling organization responsible for the 2022 incident, which resulted in the deaths of 53 undocumented immigrants, was aware for three days that the cooling system in the semi-truck used for their transport was not working correctly, a co-conspirator testified Thursday.
Testimony began Tuesday for two men accused of being key figures in a human smuggling operation linked to what federal officials have called the deadliest case of human trafficking incident in U.S. history.
On June 27, 2022, 53 people were killed in a semitrailer smuggling incident that San Antonio Police Chief William McManus called the largest mass casualty event in San Antonio that he could remember.
One day after KSAT’s “Know My Neighborhood” spotlighted an illegal dumping area, a South San resident shared an update along Quintana Road.
Residents say they’re fed up with this smelly and unsightly situation on Quintana Road, but the city says it struggles to enforce local illegal dumping laws.
Federal officials on Thursday announced the indictment of a Guatemalan national who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead and 11 injured in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio.
First responders found more than 60 migrants in a tractor-trailer on June 27, 2022. 53 of them were pronounced dead.
53 crosses line Quintana Road, honoring the 53 migrants who died in the back of a tractor-trailer in 2022.
A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty this week for his role in a tractor-trailer smuggling case that killed 53 people in San Antonio in 2022.
A 31-year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to his involvement in a tractor-trailer smuggling case that killed 53 people in San Antonio in 2022.
Tuesday marks one year since 53 migrants were abandoned in a tractor-trailer on Quintana Road and died. A memorial still stands honoring and remembering the lives lost.
This Thursday marks four months since a tractor-trailer full of bodies was discovered on Quintana Road. The Honduran mother of two migrants that died was set to be in San Antonio this weekend, but she said her visa was later revoked.
Artists and community members create an altar in honor of the 53 migrants who died after being smuggled in the back of a trailer. The altar also memorializes the victims of the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo, New York.
The last Quintana Road tractor-trailer incident survivor who was being treated at University Hospital for nearly two months was released Friday, according to officials.
A memorial service on Quintana Rd. honored the lives of the 53 people who died in the back of a tractor-trailer on June 27th.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Tuesday that all the fatality victims of the migrant tragedy have potentially been identified.
Authorities have released the names of two children who were among the dozens of people killed after being left in an abandoned tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side last Monday in San Antonio.
Nineteen of the 53 victims who died after the discovery of a tractor-trailer with dozens of migrants on the Southwest Side have been conclusively identified, according to Bexar County officials.
Both the San Antonio Archdiocese and Franciscan priests called on the community to unite in prayer and support after nearly 50 people were found dead in a trailer on the Southwest Side late Monday night.
Forty-six people were found dead in a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, and 16 have been transported to area hospitals, according to San Antonio police and fire officials.
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SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are scratching their heads after an unusual discovery at a Southwest Side home. Officers say six people in all were inside the home when the suspect pulled out a gun and began shooting. The second victim was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center with a wound to the upper body, police said. Authorities say the suspect misfired at a third victim and at one point exited the house and fired two rounds into the air. SAPD said the suspect was taken to a hospital by ambulance although they did not see any visible injuries on him.
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SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department is searching for a driver who crashed their truck into a train early Tuesday morning. The crash happened around 3:40 a.m. near Quintana Road and General Hudnell on the city’s Southwest Side. According to police, the driver crashed the pickup truck into the train then got out of the vehicle and fled northbound on Couples Road on foot. Police said there was damage to the front of the train. No injures were reported.
