An SUV packed with 25 people met with an accident with 13 dead and bodies strewn across a roadway near the US-Mexico border. Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that agents are conducting a human smuggling investigation and were at the scene of a devastating crash in California that left at least 13 people dead, according to the agency.
<p><span>HOLTVILLE, Calif. (March 3, 2021) Immigration authorities are investigating a tragic crash Tuesday in southern California involving an SUV packed with 25 people and a tractor-trailer that left 13 people dead and bodies strewn across a roadway near the U.S. Mexico border.</span></p>
Authorities are investigating whether human smuggling was involved when an SUV packed with 25 people slammed into a tractor-trailer in a remote Imperial County desert, killing the driver and 12 passengers near the Mexican border.