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Hungarian court sentences traffickers who let 71 migrants suffocate to 25 years in prison

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison in connection with the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants found crammed inside a freezer truck in 2015.

The four men — three Bulgarians and an Afghan national — were found guilty of “aggravated murder with particular cruelty.” They included the group’s Afghan ringleader, along with his two closet associates and the truck driver.

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