Daily Mail
The driver who abandoned a semi-truck carrying up to 100 migrants who paid around $10,000 for safe passage to the US was ‘very high on meth’ when Texas police arrested him.
Homero Zamorano, 45, of Houston, was arrested Monday in a field in the outskirts of San Antonio not far from where he allegedly deserted the truck in the sweltering heat, leaving at least 51 migrants dead.
He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Mexican nationals Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao and Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez were also taken into custody at a home in San Antonio.
They were charged in federal court Tuesday with possessing firearms while residing in the US illegally. The incident left 51 migrants, including five children, dead.
Officials have identified 34 of the deceased, which included two Guatemalan sisters who came to the US in pursuit of the American Dream.
But the identification process has proven slow as victims have been found with stolen IDs or no identification documents at all.
The incident marks the deadliest human smuggling attempt in American history. It also comes as the US reported a record number of migrant crossings, rescues and deaths under the leadership of the Biden administration…
