Bulgarian authorities found the bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who suffocated to death inside an abandoned truck on Friday in the country’s deadliest people smuggling incident to date.
The deadly incident comes as the country grapples with an increase in illegal border crossings. On Friday, officials discovered 52 Afghans hiding under wooden planks inside the truck.
Each faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the charges, which include involuntary manslaughter and participating in organized crime and people smuggling. “The people transported were curled up and pushed against each other like in a tin can… They died slowly and painfully for 30 to 60 minutes. It is an extraordinary human tragedy,” Sarafov told reporters.
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