Maurice Robinson, 25, pleaded guilty to two charges related to the deaths of dozens of Vietnamese nationals in his truck trailer. He still faces 41 more charges — including 39 counts of manslaughter.
The trailer had arrived from a Belgian port shortly before authorities were called to the scene, and an investigation into possible human smuggling and murder was sparked.
As some 800 Marines gathered in formation at Camp Pendleton in California, 16 people were pulled out and put under arrest. An NCIS spokesperson said a total of 18 Marines have been apprehended.
Scott Warren of the humanitarian group 'No More Deaths' faces three felony counts for harboring migrants. The number of U.S. citizens arrested for harboring is on the rise.
At least five migrants died Thursday — "deliberately drowned" by smugglers afraid of arrest, the International Organization for Migration says. Some 50 others are still missing.
James Matthew Bradley Jr., who could face the death penalty if convicted, says he didn't know dozens of immigrants were crammed in the back of a tractor-trailer he parked in a San Antonio parking lot.
After Italy and the U.K. announced they tracked down and captured the human trafficker known as "The General," concerns are growing that they may have the wrong man in custody.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, speaking in a radio interview, said his government would do "whatever is reasonably necessary" to stop asylum seekers from reaching Australian shores.
