A 48-year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to driving the tractor-trailer that was used in the deadly smuggling case in 2022.
Homero Zamorano Jr., 48, is the third man to have pleaded guilty to the mass casualty event that killed 53 people in San Antonio.
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Zamorano pleaded guilty to three charges, including one count of conspiracy to transport aliens resulting in death, causing serious bodily injury, and placing lives in jeopardy; one count of transportation of aliens resulting in death; and one count of transportation of aliens resulting in serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy.
He faces up to life in prison.
A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office states that Zamorano was the driver of the tractor-trailer that was used to smuggle at least 64 undocumented people, including children, on June 27, 2022.
The group was smuggled through Interstate 35, and the truck ultimately stopped in the 9600 block of Quintana Road, where the migrants were left in the sweltering heat without ventilation, air-conditioning or water.
Forty-seven adults and six children died from their injuries.
Zamorano is scheduled to be sentenced on April 24.
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