Mexican officials en route to scene, though victims’ nationalities not yet confirmed At least 42 migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott said, in what appears to be one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard called the suffocation of the migrants in the truck the “tragedy in Texas” on Twitter and said the local consulate was en route to the scene, though the nationalities of the victims had not been confirmed.
A U.S. official told The Associated Press that 15 others in the truck were taken to hospitals in the San Antonio area. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not been authorized for public release. An official from the San Antonio fire department later said children were among those taken to hospital. The truck was found next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the city’s southern outskirts, local television station KSAT reported. San Antonio police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Source: Dawn.com
