Man 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of setting up 密輸するing trip that killed 13 in California gets 15 years in 刑務所，拘置所
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 連邦の 裁判官 on Thursday 宣告，判決d a man to 15 years in 刑務所，拘置所 for 調整するing a 密輸するing trip in which two dozen migrants were stacked into a Ford 探検隊／遠征隊 that 衝突，墜落d into a tractor-trailer, 殺人，大当り 13 people outside a California 砂漠 town.
Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded 有罪の earlier this year to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s stemming from the March 2, 2021, 衝突，墜落 近づく Holtville, about 125 miles (200 キロメーターs) east of San Diego. It was one of the deadliest 主要道路 衝突，墜落s 伴う／関わるing migrants 密輸するd into the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs.
Cruz Noguez also 認める to trying to still get 支払い（額） for the 密輸するing trip from the 生存者s, 検察官，検事s said. Neither Cruz Noguez nor his 弁護士／代理人／検事 could be reached for comment.
"Cruz Noguez 組織するd one of the most callous and 非人道的な 密輸するing 試みる／企てるs that 法律 施行 has 答える／応じるd to in this 地区," U.S. 弁護士／代理人／検事 Randy Grossman said. "He and his co-conspirators 扱う／治療するd these individuals like a worthless 商品／必需品."
Cruz Noguez arranged for the Ford 探検隊／遠征隊 and a GMC Yukon to be 修正するd by 除去するing the 乗客 seats so people could be stacked on 最高の，を越す of each other, 検察官，検事s said. He then drove the 大勝する north of the 国境 to 確実にする no 法律 施行 were in the area.
At least 24 people were crammed into the Ford 探検隊／遠征隊 and another 19 were put in the GMC Yukon. A section of the 国境 盗品故買者 was then 除去するd so the 乗り物s could 運動 across the Mexican 国境 into California, 検察官，検事s said.
FILE - 警官s work at the scene of a deadly 衝突，墜落 in Holtville, Calif. A 連邦の 裁判官 on Thursday, July 13, 2023, 宣告，判決d the man who 連係させた stashing nearly two dozen migrants into a Ford 探検隊／遠征隊 that 衝突，墜落d into a tractor-trailer 殺人，大当り 13 people. Jose Cruz Noguez was 宣告，判決d to 15 years in 刑務所，拘置所 after pleading 有罪の earlier this year to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s stemming from the March 2, 2021, 衝突，墜落 近づく the California 砂漠 town of Holtville. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, とじ込み／提出する)
すぐに after crossing the 国境, the Yukon caught 解雇する／砲火／射撃 and the driver fled, while the Ford 探検隊／遠征隊 continued on Interstate 8 に向かって Holtville. Just outside the town, it slammed into a tractor-tra iler, 殺人，大当り 13 people.
When 乗組員s arrived at the scene, some 乗客s were trying to はう out of the crumpled SUV. Others were wandering around the nearby fields. The big 装備する´s 前線 end was 押し進めるd into the SUV´s left 味方する, and two empty trailers were jackknifed behind it.
The 乗客s 範囲d in age from 15 to 53, and those who 生き残るd had 傷害s that were minor to 厳しい, 含むing fractures and 長，率いる 外傷／ショック, 公式の／役人s said. The driver was from Mexicali, Mexico, just across the 国境, and was の中で those killed.
The 68-year-old driver of the big 装備する, who is from the nearby California community of El Centro, 苦しむd 穏健な 傷害s.
The 衝突，墜落 occurred around 6:15 a.m. under a （疑いを）晴らす, sunny sky at an 交差点 just outside the community of Holtville, about 11 miles (18 キロメーターs) north of the 国境. 当局 said the tractor-trailer was 長，率いるing north on a 主要道路 when the SUV pulled in 前線 of it from a road with a stop 調印する.
The 衝突，墜落 happened in an area that became a major 大勝する for 違法な 国境 crossings in the late 1990s after 高くする，増すd 施行 in San Diego 押し進めるd migrants to more remote areas.
Barely a mile from the 衝突，墜落, there is a 共同墓地 with 列／漕ぐ／騒動s of unmarked bricks that is a burial ground for migrants who died crossing the 国境.
