U.S. Officials Are Morally Responsible for Human-Trafficking Deaths
A jury in San Antonio, Texas, recently returned a guilty verdict against two men — Armando Gonzales-Ortega and Felipe Orduna-Torres — for the role they played in the deaths of 53 illegal immigrants — 47 adults and 6 children. The victims died while being transported in the back of a tractor trailer where temperatures reached 150 degrees. The defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on June 27 and will most likely receive a very high prison sentence.
According to the New York Times, Craig Larrabee, a special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio, stated, “The disregard for human life shows how human smugglers prioritize money and profit.”
Unfortunately, however, Larrabee failed to point out that it wasn’t only Gonzales-Ortega and Orduna-Torres and other smugglers who bear moral responsibility for the deaths of those 53 people. So do U.S. officials who continue to support
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