A Texas man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson for his role in a car crash in July that killed an undocumented immigrant and seriously injured two others.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 39-year-old Moises Gabriel Castillo was driving a commercial semi-truck on a stretch of the I-10 near Tucson and carrying four undocumented people when he collided with another semi-truck and skid across the freeway.
One man was pronounced dead at the scene, and three of the truck's passengers were thrown from the truck, including a 16-year-old. Police say two had to undergo surgeries for their injuries.
Castillo was indicted on charges including conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death and transportation of illegal aliens resulting in death. The maximum penalty for either change is life in prison.
This month, 21-year-old Kevin Rojo-Barron of Phoenix was sentenced to 144 months in prison for a similar crash earlier this year in the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Prosecutors say Rojo-Barron sped through a stop sign and struck another vehicle, killing three tribal members inside. He was transporting four undocumented immigrants and had an AR-15-style rifle at the time of the crash, which killed one of Rojo-Barron's passengers and permanently injured another.
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