Four Charged in Deaths of 11 Illegal Immigrants
From Times Wire Reports
Four men were charged with smuggling 11 immigrants whose decomposed bodies were found in a railcar at a grain elevator last fall.
Federal prosecutors announced the 27-count indictment -- the first charges to result from the smuggling deaths. The charges came nearly nine months after workers cleaning railcars in Denison found the bodies. They had been trapped for at least four months, and authorities took until May to identify them.
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