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18 Afghan migrants and refugees were found dead inside a truck abandoned on a dirt road near the capital Sofia.
Prosecutors said the truck was left near the village of Lokorsko after the driver and his companion found that many of the 52 people in the hidden compartments of the truck, which were isolated with foil, were dizzy and some had already died.
This is an inhumane attitudes from the truck owners and smugglers who have deprived the people from breathing air. The accused are allegedly reported to face 15 years imprisonment if found guilty of manslaughter.
The discovery on Friday was the deadliest incident linked to people smuggling in Bulgaria as the country struggles with a surge in illicit border crossings.
The passengers are Afghans who returned from Turkey after the earthquake that claimed over 40 thousand people. These people were traveling to Western Europe through the Bulgarian challenge.
Hristo Krastev, a spokesman for the Sofia Public Prosecutor’s Office, told reporters that the six Bulgarians indicted in the case included the alleged ringleader of the smuggling group.
It should be noted that this isn't the first time this smugglers are engaging in activities that has led to the death of people being smuggled into Europe. For instance, In October 2019, British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a refrigerated container that had been hauled to England. Police said all the victims, who ranged in age from 15 to 44, came from impoverished villages in Vietnam and were believed to have paid smugglers to take them on a risky journey to better lives abroad.
However, authorities have said that the process of smuggling immigrants to Europe in a very risky unventilated vehicles is caused by greed. This was as a result of the fairs (7,000 euros ($7,500) each charged by the smugglers.
The 34 people who survived have been taken to a nearby hospital and they're undergoing treatment, while the smugglers have been charged to court for their smuggling activities in the Balkan country.