Two smugglers charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning have been found guilty.

A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants inside a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning has pleaded guilty.

One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty to smuggling-related charges.

Two men have been indicted in the case of a tractor-trailer rig found with 53 dead or dying migrants inside in San Antonio.