At Least 46 People Found Dead in a Truck Carrying Suspected Migrants in San Antonio: Reports

Members of police examine a tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas, on June 27,2022 (Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images)

At least 46 individuals were discovered dead in an 18- wheeler truck bring presumed prohibited immigrants in southwest San Antonio, according to authorities.

Police Chief William McManus stated that a city employee looked out to the scenario by a cry for aid quickly prior to 6 p.m. on Monday.

Officers came to the website of the tractor-trailer rig on a remote back roadway and discovered a body on the ground outside the automobile, which had a door that was partly opened.

Another 16 individuals, 4 of whom were kids, were required to health centers with heat-related health problems, Fire Chief Charles Hood stated, including that they were hot to the touch and dehydrated. He likewise kept in mind that no water was discovered in the truck.

Temperatures approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the Texas city on Monday. Temperature levels can increase dramatically inside lorries on hot days.

McManus stated that the truck was cooled however the system was not working.

He stated 3 individuals were nabbed however it was uncertain if they were definitely connected to any human trafficking efforts. He stated, nevertheless, that the truck was an assumed migrant smuggling effort into the United States.

A federal examination has actually been released following the discover, led by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, he included.

The Associated Press added to this report.

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