46 migrants were found dead in San Antonio
At least 46 migrants were found dead on Monday in and around a semi-trailer truck that had been abandoned on the side of a road in San Antonio, central Texas, officials said.
The horrifying discovery was one of the worst disasters involving immigrants in the United States in recent years, five years after a similar fatal incident in the same city just hours from the Mexican border.
Charles Hood, fire chief in San Antonio, told reporters: “We have processed about 46 bodies that have been seen, tagged, and declared dead as of now.”
He said 16 were alive and consciously taken to the hospital-12 as adults and 4 pediatric patients. “The patient we saw was a refrigerated semi-trailer truck that was suffering from heat exhaustion, no evidence of water in the car, but this rig had no visible air conditioning,” Hood said.
He also said to the Authorities and they also reported that three people had been detained in the case. Located about 15 0 miles from the border, San Antonio is an important transportation route for smugglers.
The vehicle was found on a road near Highway I-35, the main US artery that stretches to the Mexican border.
A large-scale emergency operation involving police, a fire brigade, and an ambulance was underway at the crime scene. Republican Governor Greg Abbott, who supports hard-line immigrants, has accused President Joe Biden of the disaster and his “deadly open border policy.”
“These deaths are due to Biden,” Abbott tweeted. They demonstrate the deadly consequences of his failure to enforce the law.”
San Antonio was the scene of a similar immigrant tragedy in 2017. At that time, 10 people were suffocated in a muddy trailer to the United States where the air conditioner broke and the vents were clogged.
Dozens more were hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration. It is believed that the truck contained up to 200 people, most of whom escaped when parked in the parking lot. “Lord, have mercy on them. They wanted a better life,” he said.
Archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia Schiller, tweeted after news of the discovery was reported on Monday. “Once again, the lack of courage to confront immigration reform kills and destroys.
Authorities found 46 dead migrants on a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, and the city’s fire department said one of the most deadly people smuggling incidents in recent memory along the U.S.-Mexico border. Said that it was one.
The San Antonio Fire Department said the other 16 people found in the trailer were taken to the hospital due to heat exhaustion and exhaustion, including four minors. Officials also said three people had been detained after the incident.
The truck was found next to a railroad track in a remote area on the southern outskirts of the town. Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Evlad tweeted that the suffocation of migrants on the truck was a “Texas tragedy” and that the victims’ nationalities were not confirmed, but that a local consulate was heading to the scene. In recent months, a record number of immigrant crossings have struck the US-Mexico border, urging US President Joe Biden’s immigration policy and criticism of the Democratic Party.
The bodies of 46 dead migrants in San Antonio were found on Monday on a semi-track in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said in one of the most deadly trafficking cases along the U.S.-Mexico border. Said that it was one. An official at the San Antonio Fire Department said there was a “mountain of bodies” on a truck found next to a railroad track in a remote area in the southern suburbs, with no signs of water. The other 16 found in the trailer were taken to the hospital due to heat stroke and malaise, including four minors, but no children were among the dead.
Humidity is high on Mondays, 39.4 degrees Celsius). During the month of July 2017, 10 migrants died after they were transported by a trailer truck found by police in the Wal-Mart parking lot. The driver, James Matthew Bradley Jr., was sentenced to life imprisonment the following year for his role in smuggling operations.
“The patients we saw suffered from heat stroke and fatigue and became hot to the touch,” San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said in a press conference. “It was a refrigerated semi-truck, but there was no visible working air conditioner in this combination.”
Temperatures in San Antonio, about 250 km from the Mexican border, rose to 39.4 degrees Celsius in high humidity on Monday. City police chief William McManus said people working in a nearby building had heard calls for help and came out to investigate. Workers found the trailer door partially open, looked inside, and found many bodies.
McManus said this was the largest such incident in the city and their involvement is not yet clear, but three people have been detained after the incident. A US Immigration and Customs (ICE) spokesman said the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation was working with local police to investigate “smuggling suspects.”
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The dead once again highlights the challenge of managing immigrant crossings at the US-Mexico border, which has reached a record high. This issue proved difficult for US President Joe Biden, who took office in January 2021 and vowed to overturn some of
Republican predecessor Donald Trump’s strict immigration policy. rice field. Republicans have criticized Biden’s border strategy before the November parliamentary elections. Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Evrad tweeted that the suffocation of migrants on trucks was a “Texas tragedy,” and consular officials said the victims would go to a hospital where they were taken to “help as much as possible.” ..
A Honduras Foreign Ministry spokesman told Reuters that state consulates in Houston and Dallas are investigating the case. Two Guatemalan people have been hospitalized, Evlad said, and the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs is on Twitter, with consular officials going to the hospital “to see if there are two Guatemalan minors and their condition.” Said.
I-35, near where the truck was found, passes through San Antonio from the Mexican border and is a popular smuggling corridor due to heavy truck traffic, said Jack, a former senior ICE investigator who retired in December. Staton said. During the month of July 2017, 10 migrants died after they were transported by a trailer truck found by police in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
The driver, James Matthew Bradley Jr., was sentenced to life imprisonment the following year for his role in smuggling operations. Mr Staton said migrants have been regularly intercepted in the area since the 2017 incident. “I was sure that it was only a matter of time before such a tragedy occurred again,” he noted.
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