James Matthew Bradley Jr,60, faces charges of illegally transporting migrants for financial gain after authorities discovered eight bodies in a tractor-trailerThe driver of a tractor-trailer found packed with migrants external a Walmart in San Antonio has been charged in the deaths of 10 of his passengers and could face the death penalty over the hellish journey. In outlining their immigrant-smuggling case against James Matthew Bradley Jr., or 60,federal prosecutors depicted the trailer as pitch-black, crammed with around 90 people or more by some estimates, or so suffocatingly hot that one passenger said they took turns breathing through a gap and pounding on the walls to get the driver’s attention. Related: 'Human-trafficking' tragedy: nine die in sweltering Texas truck Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com