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Hungary: 3 new indictments in 2015 case of 71 migrant deaths

Hungary: 3 new indictments in 2015 case of 71 migrant deaths | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this June 21, 2017 file photo defendants stand in the courtroom at the beginning of the trial against eleven defendants charged with involvement in the death of 71 migrants who suffocated in a refrigerated truck which passed through Hungary and was discovered in Austria, near Parndorf, in 2015 at the tribunal in Kecskemet, 85 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary. Prosecutors say an Afghan man and two Bulgarian men were part of the same trafficking organization involved in the 2015 case. (Sandor Ujvari/MTI via AP, file)

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungarian prosecutors say three more alleged human smugglers have been indicted in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated in the back of a refrigerated truck abandoned in Austria in 2015.

Prosecutors from Bacs-Kiskun County said Tuesday an Afghan man and two Bulgarian men were part of the same trafficking organization involved in the Aug. 2015 case. Eleven other defendants are already on trial in Hungary, where the truck carrying the migrants began its journey toward Austria and Germany.

Of the three new suspects, a 34-year-old Bulgarian thought to have recruited drivers for the smuggling operation is in custody. The other two, a 26-year-old Afghan said to belong to the organization’s leadership and a 33-year-old Bulgarian driver, are fugitives indicted in absentia.

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