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The 2022 San Antonio Human Smuggling Tragedy: 53 Lives Lost and the Fight for Justice in Texas Trucking Corridors The Incident That Shook Texas: 53 Migrants Found Dead in a Sweltering Tractor-Trailer On a scorching summer day in 2022, one of the deadliest human smuggling attempts in U.S. history unfolded on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. What began as a desperate journey for 53 migrants from Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico ended in unimaginable tragedy when they were discovered trapped inside a sweltering tractor-trailer with a broken air conditioning system. The victims had paid between $12,000 and $15,000 each to be smuggled into the United States. Their journey took them as far as Laredo, Texas, where they were loaded into the back of a tractor-trailer for what was supposed to be a three-hour drive to San Antonio. Instead, it became a death trap. As temperatures inside the trailer soared, those trapped inside screamed for help, banged on the walls, and tried to claw their way out. Most eventually passed out from the heat and lack of oxygen. When the trailer was finally opened in San Antonio, 48 people were already dead. Another 16 were rushed to hospitals, where five more…