A Mexican man pleaded guilty to coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when their overloaded SUV was struck by a big-rig after crossing the border into California two years ago.
The National Transportation Safety Board was expected to meet Wednesday with the California Highway Patrol amid growing evidence that the group was being smuggled into the country.A Mexican man pleaded guilty Tuesday to coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when their overloaded SUV was struck by a big-rig after crossing the border into California two years ago.
Prosecutors said Cruz organized a smuggling run on March 2, 2021, in which dozens of people were crammed into two modified sport utility vehicles that were driven into the United States through a breach cut in the international boundary fence. The other vehicle, a Ford Expedition carrying 25 people, was driving through California's agricultural Imperial Valleywhen it was broadsided by a tractor-trailer hauling two empty trailers at an intersection near Holtville, about 125 miles east of San Diego, authorities said.
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