The official says 15 others in the truck were taken to hospitals in the San Antonio, where the bodies were found Monday. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the information had not been authorized for public release.
It may be the deadliest tragedy among thousands who have died attempting to cross the U.S. border from Mexico in recent decades. Ten migrants died in 2017 after being trapped inside a truck that was parked at a Walmart in San Antonio. In 2003, 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck southeast of San Antonio.
Big rigs emerged as a popular smuggling method in the early 1990s amid a surge in U.S. border enforcement in San Diego and El Paso, Texas, which were then the busiest corridors for illegal crossings. Before that, people paid small fees to mom-and-pop operators to get them across a largely unguarded border. As crossing became exponentially more difficult after the 2001 terror attacks in the U.S., migrants were led through more dangerous terrain and paid thousands of dollars more.
Heat poses a serious danger, particularly when temperatures can rise severely inside vehicles. Weather in the San Antonio area was mostly cloudy Monday, but temperatures approached 100 degrees.Police block the scene where a semitrailer with multiple dead bodies were discovered, Monday, June 27, 2022, in San Antonio.
DurhamEmergency Such a sad avoidable tragedy
No words...
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R they Mexicans trying for better lives?
Trying to find a better life and turned out to be a lot worse…rip poor migrants my heart goes out to you and your families
horrible. may they all RIP 🙏🏼
I. I
Canada is no better, Canadians are struggling to survive and i would assume every country is because the truth is nothing is for free, when you all got those covid cheques you signed up for this, mind you were bringing everyone into Canada and the infrastructure is falling apart
Terrible and sad. God rest their souls
All the result of people that run human trafficking, and people that refuse to enforce the border.
BIDEN'S Southern border crisis......
This probably wouldnt of happened if no body was trying to find a better life thank u to those government asshole who could care i believe we all should be happy living here on earth We are all EQUAL THIS IS ALL OUR PLANET ITS TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO WAKE UP AND HELP US ALL
Sincerely this is terrible 😞
If Biden weren't enforcing the border, they'd be alive. Add this to the list of his accomplishments, along with the drone bombings, child cages and playing second fiddle to the 'deporter in chief'
Who cares. They weren't supposed to be here in the first place. Dig a hole and drop em in. End of story.
Liberal virtue-signalling is responsible for that
40 dead … unfortunately they will just be another number reported in media. May they Rest In Peace.
Just heartbreaking 💔😢
My goodness so sorry for the 40 found dead sending my deepest sympathy to all the family who lost 🙏 love ones. Betty Hennigar From Canada 🇨🇦.
Two words: illegal immigration
What does it mean? Where they running or are they hiding?
America needs to stop pretending its so great. What's so great: The stolen land that they forbid everyone else to come into? Or how about forcing women to carry babies but expect them to go back to work months after have the kid. Let's not even get started on the mass shootings.
And America will care about 40 more lives lost because? Most heartless country on earth.
If you read the article, put your hand up🙋
Damn that wall eh.....😏
Texas is not the only state fucked up. The whole damn country is. Problem is, Mexico is no fucken better. Running from one fucked up situation, right into another.
Holy shit
UPDATE: 46 dead, 16 hospitalized after trailer of migrants found in Texas
Oh gosh crisis
Yup... according to the Do Nothing Dems there isnt a crisis at the border. RIP to all
Were they vaccinated 🤯
Handiwork of ANTIFA/BLM. I am 100% sure.
Wow this is sad. I believe that their countries are better than US now. The American dream is a lie.
ChickfilA !
cselley BidenWorstPresidentEver BidenDestroysAmerica Biden
Biden-Harris border strategy Just make cute speeches
Where's Derek and his predictable tweet
This is a byproduct of Biden's amnesty pledge, and the general push for/support of illegal immigrants by the left.
l dont recommend watching the Houston Texans either .
Let me guess. They all died of a new Covid variant?
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