Guatemalan man pleads guilty in federal court for involvement in 2021 Mexico truck crash that killed over 50 migrants

Daniel Zavala Ramos, 42, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Laredo, Texas to conspiring to smuggle migrants from Guatemala through Mexico to the U.S. The plea relates to a December 9, 2021 truck crash in Mexico where at least 160 migrants were packed into a tractor-trailer that overturned, killing at least 53 people and injuring over 100. Ramos faces a possible life sentence and was the first of six Guatemalans charged in connection with the crash to be convicted.