AUSTIN, TX : Charges brought against two for highway crash that killed 8 noncitizens on Thursday, 25th March 2021

Two Austinites have been indicted for their alleged roles in a crash that left eight noncitizens dead. A federal jury in Del Rio returned a four-count indictment against 18-year-old Bianca Michelle Trujillo-Lopez and 28-year-old Isidro Rodriguez Jr. on Wednesday, March 24.

The indictment charges both with one count of conspiracy to transport noncitizens resulting in death; one count of transporting a noncitizen resulting in death; one count of conspiracy to transport noncitizens resulting in serious bodily injury; and one count of transporting a citizen resulting in serious bodily injury.

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