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- U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons indicted 11 people for migrant deaths in a Texas container in May.
- A worker discovered six bodies in Laredo while a seventh migrant was left near San Antonio.
- The container lacked ventilation, heating to 88-92 °F (31-33 °C) and causing victims from Honduras and Mexico to die of hyperthermia.
- Four U.S. citizens, two permanent residents and two fugitives face conspiracy and aiding-and-abetting charges punishable by life imprisonment.
