At least 46 bodies were found in a tractor-trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday night, in what authorities suspect could be a shocking case of cross-border smuggling of migrants that went wrong. Another 16 people were taken to local hospitals under different conditions, according to officials, including four children. Police arrested three people. A city official heard a cry for help from the abandoned truck before discovering the gruesome scene, said Police Chief William McManus. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrad called the immigration suffocation in the truck a “tragedy in Texas,” while San Antonio Mayor Ron Nuremberg called it a “terrible human tragedy.” “There are, as we know, 46 people who are no longer with us, who had families, who were probably trying to find a better life. “And we have 16 people fighting for their lives in the hospital,” he said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the Biden government for the tragedy, saying the “open borders” led to the horrific scene. The Ministry of Internal Security is investigating the incident.
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Migrants reportedly tried to escape the three-digit temperature in a moving truck
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus described the gruesome case that left at least 46 people trying to enter Texas from the back of an 18-wheeler as the deadliest human trafficking incident the city could remember. High temperatures in the San Antonio area reached 100 degrees Celsius on Monday, according to the National Weather Service, causing temperatures inside the packed tractor-trailer to reach triple digits. Local law enforcement authorities have released alarming new details of the deadly smuggling incident, including one that appears to confirm that people in the truck were trying to jump as their bodies were found in several blocks, according to the Texas Tribune. Johanna Chisholm28 June 2022 11:28 1656407702
“Body stacks” and no water marks
A San Antonio Fire Department official said they found “stacks of corpses” and no sign of water on the truck, which was found next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the southern outskirts of the city. Sixteen other people found inside the trailer were taken to hospitals for heatstroke and exhaustion, including four minors, but no children were among the dead, the department said. “The patients we saw were hot to the touch, suffering from heatstroke, exhaustion,” San Antonio fire chief Charles Hood told a news conference. In this aerial view, law enforcement officers investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Getty Images) “It was a tractor-trailer refrigerator, but there was no visible AC unit on this platform.” Temperatures in San Antonio, about 160 miles (250 km) from the Mexican border, rose to 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.4 degrees Celsius) on Monday with high humidity. Namita Singh28 June 2022 10:15 1656405002
How did the political leaders respond?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed the Biden administration’s “deadly open border policies” for the deaths. “These deaths are for Biden. “It’s a result of his deadly policies on open borders,” he wrote on Twitter. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrad called the suffocation of the migrants in the truck a “tragedy in Texas” on Twitter and said that the local consulate was heading to the spot, although the nationality of the victims has not been confirmed. Beto O’Rourke, a former Democrat and Texas candidate for governor, called the deaths “catastrophic” as he called for urgent action to “dismantle human trafficking and replace them with widened routes for legal immigration.” Interior Minister Alejandro Mallorca said he was “devastated by the tragic loss of life today” and “prayed for those who are still fighting for their lives”. “Too many lives have been lost as individuals – including families, women and children – make this perilous journey,” he wrote on Twitter. MP Joaquin Castro said he was in contact with the interior minister, adding that the agency was “working to alert their families, find all those responsible for this crime and investigate what exactly happened”. Namita Singh28 June 2022 09:30 1656402302
What we know so far
At least 46 people were found dead in a tractor-trailer that was abandoned on a remote back road in San Antonio, Texas. Sixteen people, including four children, were taken to hospital and are being treated for heat-related illnesses. A San Antonio Fire Department official said they found “stacks of corpses” and no signs of water on the truck. The first correspondents walk to the scene where a tractor-trailer with immigrants was discovered outside San Antonio, Texas on June 27, 2022. (Getty Images) Three people have been detained so far. National Security is investigating. Namita Singh28 June 2022 08:45 1656399602
Homeland Security Minister ‘devastated by tragic loss of life’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mallorca has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of 46 people in San Antonio, Texas. “I am devastated by the tragic loss of life today and I pray for those who are still fighting for their lives,” he wrote on Twitter. “Too many lives have been lost as individuals – including families, women and children – make this perilous journey.” Namita Singh28 June 2022 08:00 1656397077
Truck registration number associated with the Alamo man
The truck found in San Antonio has U.S. and Texas Department of Transportation registration numbers, the Washington Post reported, adding that state records link an Alamo man to those numbers. However, the man’s son-in-law, Isaac Limon, told the agency that the number on the truck had been used fraudulently by those running the smuggling operation. He added that the truck that corresponds to the classification is a Volvo that transports grain to another part of Texas last week. “It was a perfect set-up,” he told the report, adding that his father-in-law was upset by the incident. “The truck is here. I’m looking at it right now. It’s sad to say, but he’s also a bit of a victim, because people think he was. “ Namita Singh28 June 2022 07:17 1656397005
“Criminal investigation is still ongoing”: National Security Statement
“On June 27, the Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) responded to a call from the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) in connection with an alleged human trafficking incident involving a tractor trailer on Quintana Street near Cassin Street. “After arriving at the scene, the HSI confirmed more than 40 dead,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement late Monday. Police guard an area at the scene where a tractor-trailer with immigrants was discovered outside of San Antonio, Texas on June 27, 2022 (AFP via Getty Images) “HSI San Antonio has launched an investigation with the support of SAPD. Details will be made public as they are available, the criminal investigation remains ongoing “. Namita Singh28 June 2022 07:16 1656395003
“This is catastrophic,” said the Democratic nominee
Beto O’Rourke, a former Democrat and Texas candidate for governor, called the deaths “catastrophic” as he called for urgent action to “dismantle human trafficking and replace them with widened avenues for legal repatriation.” Namita Singh28 June 2022 06:43 1656394715
The head of the fire department for the horror of the discovery of corpses: “None of us comes to work imagining that”
“We should not open a truck and see stacks of corpses in there. “None of us come to work imagining that,” said San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood. “None of these people were able to get out of the truck, so they were still there waiting for help when we arrived. “Very weak in a situation to go out and help themselves.” Namita Singh28 June 2022 06:38 1656394160
Intense presence of police officers at the scene
Up to 20 emergency vehicles were deployed in the Quintana Road and Cassin drive area around 6pm, converging on the van. At least 60 firefighters and 10 medical units rushed to the scene. In this aerial view, law enforcement officers investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Getty Images) Five critically injured patients were taken from Baptist Medical Center in downtown San Antonio, Kens 5 said, while three others were taken to a Methodist Healthcare facility in Alamo. The Texas Vista Medical Center was monitoring a 32-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, the agency said. Namita Singh28 June 2022 06:29
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At least 46 bodies were found in a tractor-trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday night, in what authorities suspect could be a shocking case of cross-border smuggling of migrants that went wrong. Another 16 people were taken to local hospitals under different conditions, according to officials, including four children. Police arrested three people. A city official heard a cry for help from the abandoned truck before discovering the gruesome scene, said Police Chief William McManus. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrad called the immigration suffocation in the truck a “tragedy in Texas,” while San Antonio Mayor Ron Nuremberg called it a “terrible human tragedy.” “There are, as we know, 46 people who are no longer with us, who had families, who were probably trying to find a better life. “And we have 16 people fighting for their lives in the hospital,” he said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the Biden government for the tragedy, saying the “open borders” led to the horrific scene. The Ministry of Internal Security is investigating the incident.
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Senator Roland Gutierrez calls Governor Abbott’s “failed policies”
Roland Gutierrez, the Texas state senator representing the city of Uvalde, who has been a frequent critic of law enforcement and elected officials’ response to a mass attack on Robb Elementary School that left 19 children and two teachers dead, called on of the state for its policies on the southern border. “Another example of failed @GregAbbott_TX policies,” the Democrat wrote on Twitter Monday night, shortly after it was announced that at least 46 people had been killed while being smuggled to Texas in the back of a trailer trailer. “He has now overseen the deadliest school shooting in Texas history and the largest immigrant death in Texas history, but he tells us he has it all under control. Another tragedy that can be avoided. More deaths that can be avoided. Tragic and disappointing “. Johanna Chisholm28 June 2022 12:28 1656412126
Migrants reportedly tried to escape the three-digit temperature in a moving truck
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus described the gruesome case that left at least 46 people trying to enter Texas from the back of an 18-wheeler as the deadliest human trafficking incident the city could remember. High temperatures in the San Antonio area reached 100 degrees Celsius on Monday, according to the National Weather Service, causing temperatures inside the packed tractor-trailer to reach triple digits. Local law enforcement authorities have released alarming new details of the deadly smuggling incident, including one that appears to confirm that people in the truck were trying to jump as their bodies were found in several blocks, according to the Texas Tribune. Johanna Chisholm28 June 2022 11:28 1656407702
“Body stacks” and no water marks
A San Antonio Fire Department official said they found “stacks of corpses” and no sign of water on the truck, which was found next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the southern outskirts of the city. Sixteen other people found inside the trailer were taken to hospitals for heatstroke and exhaustion, including four minors, but no children were among the dead, the department said. “The patients we saw were hot to the touch, suffering from heatstroke, exhaustion,” San Antonio fire chief Charles Hood told a news conference. In this aerial view, law enforcement officers investigate a tractor trailer on June 27, 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. (Getty Images) “It was a tractor-trailer refrigerator, but there was no visible AC unit on this platform.” Temperatures in San Antonio, about 160 miles (250 km) from the Mexican border, rose to 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.4 degrees Celsius) on Monday with high humidity. Namita Singh28 June 2022 10:15 1656405002
How did the political leaders respond?
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed the Biden administration’s “deadly open border policies” for the deaths. “These deaths are for Biden. “It’s a result of his deadly policies on open borders,” he wrote on Twitter. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrad called the suffocation of the migrants in the truck a “tragedy in Texas” on Twitter and said that the local consulate was heading to the spot, although the nationality of the victims has not been confirmed. Beto O’Rourke, a former Democrat and Texas candidate for governor, called the deaths “catastrophic” as he called for urgent action to “dismantle human trafficking and replace them with widened routes for legal immigration.” Interior Minister Alejandro Mallorca said he was “devastated by the tragic loss of life today” and “prayed for those who are still fighting for their lives”. “Too many lives have been lost as individuals – including families, women and children – make this perilous journey,” he wrote on Twitter. MP Joaquin Castro said he was in contact with the interior minister, adding that the agency was “working to alert their families, find all those responsible for this crime and investigate what exactly happened”. Namita Singh28 June 2022 09:30 1656402302
What we know so far
At least 46 people were found dead in a tractor-trailer that was abandoned on a remote back road in San Antonio, Texas. Sixteen people, including four children, were taken to hospital and are being treated for heat-related illnesses. A San Antonio Fire Department official said they found “stacks of corpses” and no signs of water on the truck. The first correspondents walk to the scene where a tractor-trailer with immigrants was discovered outside San Antonio, Texas on June 27, 2022. (Getty Images) Three people have been detained so far. National Security is investigating. Namita Singh28 June 2022 08:45 1656399602
Homeland Security Minister ‘devastated by tragic loss of life’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mallorca has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of 46 people in San Antonio, Texas. “I am devastated by the tragic loss of life today and I pray for those who are still fighting for their lives,” he wrote on Twitter. “Too many lives have been lost as individuals – including families, women and children – make this perilous journey.” Namita Singh28 June 2022 08:00 1656397077
Truck registration number associated with the Alamo man
The truck found in San Antonio has U.S. and Texas Department of Transportation registration numbers, the Washington Post reported, adding that state records link an Alamo man to those numbers. However, the man’s son-in-law, Isaac Limon, told the agency that the number on the truck had been used fraudulently by those running the smuggling operation. He added that the truck that corresponds to the classification is a Volvo that transports grain to another part of Texas last week. “It was a perfect set-up,” he told the report, adding that his father-in-law was upset by the incident. “The truck is here. I’m looking at it right now. It’s sad to say, but he’s also a bit of a victim, because people think he was. “ Namita Singh28 June 2022 07:17 1656397005
“Criminal investigation is still ongoing”: National Security Statement
“On June 27, the Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) responded to a call from the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) in connection with an alleged human trafficking incident involving a tractor trailer on Quintana Street near Cassin Street. “After arriving at the scene, the HSI confirmed more than 40 dead,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement late Monday. Police guard an area at the scene where a tractor-trailer with immigrants was discovered outside of San Antonio, Texas on June 27, 2022 (AFP via Getty Images) “HSI San Antonio has launched an investigation with the support of SAPD. Details will be made public as they are available, the criminal investigation remains ongoing “. Namita Singh28 June 2022 07:16 1656395003
“This is catastrophic,” said the Democratic nominee
Beto O’Rourke, a former Democrat and Texas candidate for governor, called the deaths “catastrophic” as he called for urgent action to “dismantle human trafficking and replace them with widened avenues for legal repatriation.” Namita Singh28 June 2022 06:43 1656394715
The head of the fire department for the horror of the discovery of corpses: “None of us comes to work imagining that”
“We should not open a truck and see stacks of corpses in there. “None of us come to work imagining that,” said San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood. “None of these people were able to get out of the truck, so they were still there waiting for help when we arrived. “Very weak in a situation to go out and help themselves.” Namita Singh28 June 2022 06:38
