A 61 -year -old man from San Antonio acknowledged that he was guilty of two federal charges in the human smuggling accident, which led to the death of 10 immigrants undocumented this summer.
James Matthew Bradley Junior, who appeared in front of an American judge on Monday, admitted that he was guilty of “one charge from the conspiracy to transfer foreigners resulting from death and the charge of transferring foreigners resulting from death,” according to statement From the US Prosecutor’s Office for the Western Region in Texas.
The office added that “accepting guilt” for Bradley means that he was packing dozens of unauthorized migrants in a distilled tractor to achieve financial gains, adding that the suspect confirmed that the details of the court documents “are true in reality.”
On July 23, San Antonio police officers responded to a call from Wall Mart employee shortly after midnight. Once the officers arrived, they found 39 migrants at the scene. The statement said that among those who were carried in the trailer, eight dead were found in the back of the trailer, while two died later in nearby hospitals.
The survivors of the accident said that there was no air -conditioning in the feverish trailer and had to rotate to breathe through a hole in the back of the truck of the air. Bradley also told the investigators at the beginning that he was not aware of the migrants in the trailer until he stopped at Walmart in San Antonio to break the bathroom.
The lawyer’s office also said that Bradley faces life in prison with charges and that he is scheduled to be sentenced to January 2018. The statement added that the north is from the borders of the United States and Mexico.
Jason Book from Saint Antonio High News Newshour said Earlier this year, La Arido’s border agents, Texas, informed an increase of immigrants who use districts for tractors to obtain passes on the border.
“People usually go to the main urban areas or the regions of the country that employ many migrant workers,” Boch said.
Shen M. said. Byte, a special agent responsible for the internal security investigations in San Antonio, in the statement that the procedure “helps to close the door to one of the conspirators responsible for causing this terrible accident.”
He added: “This situation is a blatant reminder that foreign smugglers are driven by greed and do not look at the health and welfare of their human charge, which can be a deadly mix.”
Bradley, the defendant, Pedro Silva Sigura, was also accused of two charges of conspiracy and two charges to transport unconventional immigrants, which led to a serious physical injury and a life in danger.
Segura, 47, is an illegitimate immigrant residing in Larido, Texas.