Posted on 06/28/2022 1:29:19 AM PDT by NautiNurse
SAN ANTONIO — Forty-six migrants were found dead in the back of a tractor trailer Monday in southwest San Antonio, officials confirmed. At least 16 others -- 12 adults and four children -- were taken to nearby hospitals.
San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said all the deaths stemmed from heat-related causes, including heat stroke and exhaustion. All were reportedly inside the back of the tractor-trailer that had no visible working A/C unit and no water, he said.
The discovery was made shortly before 6 p.m. by a nearby worker who heard cries for help coming from the truck, which was parked in the area of Quintana Road and Cassin Drive, said San Antonio Police Chief William McMannus.
Officers arrived to find a body on the ground outside the trailer and a partially opened gate to the trailer, he said.
“We’re not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there," Chief Hood said.
Chief McManus said three people were taken into custody, but at this time it's unknown whether they're "absolutely connected to this or not."
He said the number of victims could rise. They had dogs searching the woods and will be out again in the morning.
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Monday's discovery 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 in Victoria.
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“The van has to come through the Texas border.”
Not if it loaded up at a pick up point north of the border.
Too bad none of the major networks or new agencies will even mention the incident.
Why try to cross with a truck full of illegals, when they can freely walk across and pile in to waiting transport.
Do we know origination point. I’ll bet on the later.
In which states?
Not going to work in Texas or Florida for starters.
Another DemocRAT mass murder. This time with a Glock semi tractor with a 46 round magazine. Blame it on the AAA.
I wonder if the families that paid for their transport will get their money back from the cartels and whatever US and Mex. government officials are profiting from this illegal trafficking.
“Hey, Jose...did you deliver that truck load of amigos last week, the truck parked out in that field?”
“No Manuel, I thought you did.”
Brandon and Mayorkas did it.
Joe Biden is mostly responsible for this.
Typically, the illegal aliens cross the border on foot and get loaded into the smuggling vehicle thereafter.
If the Brandon admin had a conscience, Mayorkass would be unemployed by sundown.
Up to 50 as per my local radio station - also at least three in the hospital that aren’t expected to live.
Oh, they'll still vote, count on it. They were registered as Democrat voters in the morgue.
Homero Zamorano. The alleged driver of a truck carrying dozens of migrants, identified by Mexican
immigration officials as ‘Homero N’, drives through a security checkpoint in this surveillance
photograph in Laredo, Texas, in this handout photo distributed to Reuters on June 29, 2022
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DHS houses three agencies involved in immigration-related border management: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Although headquartered in Washington, each has personnel and other assets throughout the states.Feb 6, 2015
“The tractor-trailer at the center of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead had passed through an inland U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint with migrants inside the sweltering rig earlier in its journey, a U.S. official said Thursday.
Texas state police also announced they would operate their own inland checkpoints for tractor-trailers on the orders of Gov. Greg Abbott, who considers the Biden administration’s efforts insufficient.”
https://apnews.com/article/texas-united-states-san-antonio-laredo-f80721c90620e40124adad62e684519b
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