A look at deadly immigrant smuggling disasters

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A pickup truck crash that killed 15 suspected illegal immigrants in South Texas this week was one of the deadliest immigrant smuggling disasters in recent U.S. history. Below is a list of other notable cases:

— October 2002: 11 immigrants’ bodies were found in a latched rail car in Denison, Iowa, that had traveled north from Mexico.

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