46 migrants found dead inside truck in US, human smuggling case suspected
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The authorities found 46 migrants killed in tractors on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, said the city fire, in what appeared to be one of the deadliest human smuggling incidents along the US-Mexico border.
The Fire Department of San Antonio said 16 other people found in the trailer were transported to the hospital due to hot strokes and fatigue, including four minors. Officials also said three people were arrested after the incident.
The truck was found next to the railroad tracks in remote areas in the southern outskirts of the city.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Eberar said that he died limply the migrants in the truck “tragedy in Texas” on Twitter and said the local consulate was on his way to the scene, even though the nationality of the victims had not been confirmed.
There is a record number of migrant crossings on the US-Mexico border in recent months, which has triggered criticism of US Presidential Immigration policy Joe Biden, a Democrat.
The temperature in San Antonio, which is about 160 miles (250 km) from the Mexican border, swell to a height of 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.4 degrees Celsius) on Monday with high humidity.tIn July 2017, ten migrants were killed after being transported by tractor tractor found by San Antonio police in the Wal-Mart parking lot. The driver, James Matthew Bradley, Jr., was sentenced to life imprisonment due to his role in smuggling operations.
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