At least 50 people found dead in a truck in San Antonio, Texas
2 years, 5 months ago

At least 50 people found dead in a truck in San Antonio, Texas

Al Jazeera  

The deaths occurred during an apparent human smuggling attempt along US-Mexico border. At least 50 people have been found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, in what appears to be a human smuggling attempt along the United States-Mexico border. San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood had previously said that 16 people found in the trailer on Monday were transported to the hospital for heat stroke and exhaustion. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, in a press conference, urged residents “to think compassionately and pray for the deceased, the ailing, the families.” “And we hope that those responsible for putting these people in such inhumane conditions are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” he said. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg called Monday’s incident a “horrific human tragedy”.

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4 men arrested in deaths last year of 53 migrants trapped inside tractor-trailer
1 year, 5 months ago

4 men arrested in deaths last year of 53 migrants trapped inside tractor-trailer

LA Times  

A man tacks a poem to a cross at a makeshift memorial where dozens of migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. U.S. authorities have announced the arrests of four men who they say were part of a human smuggling effort last year that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants — including eight children — left …

4 more arrests are made a year after 53 migrants died in a sweltering tractor-trailer
1 year, 5 months ago

4 more arrests are made a year after 53 migrants died in a sweltering tractor-trailer

NPR  

4 more arrests are made a year after 53 migrants died in a sweltering tractor-trailer Justice officials arrested four more people in Texas for the deaths of migrants last year after smugglers abandoned them in a tractor-trailer without a working air conditioner in San Antonio. A year ago, 53 people, including six children and a pregnant woman, died after they …

8 dead after being hit by SUV at bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, police say
1 year, 7 months ago

8 dead after being hit by SUV at bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, police say

LA Times  

A damaged Range Rover sits at the site of a deadly collision near a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday. “This SUV, a Range Rover, just ran the light that was about 100 feet away and just went through the people who were sitting there in the bus stop,” said Maldonado, who reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video. “We don’t …

‘Suffocating’ migrants found in freight train near U.S.-Mexico border; 2 dead
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Suffocating’ migrants found in freight train near U.S.-Mexico border; 2 dead

LA Times  

An aerial view of a halted freight train near Knippa, Texas, where police found a group of migrants on Friday. Two migrants were found dead and at least 10 were hospitalized Friday after police in south Texas received a call that they were “suffocating” in a freight train traveling near the U.S.-Mexico border. Union Pacific railroad said in a statement …

Survivors Of Deadly Mexico Kidnapping Being Treated At Texas Hospital
1 year, 9 months ago

Survivors Of Deadly Mexico Kidnapping Being Treated At Texas Hospital

Huff Post  

A Mexican Red Cross ambulance on Tuesday transports two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week. via Associated Press CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A road trip to Mexico for cosmetic surgery veered violently off course when four Americans were caught in a drug cartel shootout, leaving two dead and two held captive for days in a remote …

Mexican Authorities Find 103 Unaccompanied Minors with Several Hundred Migrants
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican Authorities Find 103 Unaccompanied Minors with Several Hundred Migrants

News 18  

Mexican authorities said Monday that 103 minors traveling without adult relatives were among several hundred migrants found in a truck abandoned on a highway. The minors, mostly from Guatemala, were part of a group of around 340 irregular migrants from Central and South America, the National Migration Institute said in a statement. Trucks are one of the most dangerous methods …

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican troops, border residents clash after 5 shot, killed

Associated Press  

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a scuffle between soldiers and a large group of angry residents who believed the “victims were not armed and that …

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests
1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican soldiers kill five in border town, sparking protests

Al Jazeera  

A report indicates members of the Mexican army opened fire on a pick-up truck in city of Nuevo Laredo, near US border. A shooting by Mexican army soldiers has left five people dead in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The incident provoked a …

Eight dead, 37 rescued after attempt to cross Rio Grande to US
2 years, 3 months ago

Eight dead, 37 rescued after attempt to cross Rio Grande to US

Al Jazeera  

The International Organization for Migration points to rising fatalities as more people attempt to enter US from Mexico. At least eight people have been found dead in the Rio Grande river after dozens attempted a hazardous crossing to enter the United States from Mexico near Eagle Pass, Texas, officials said. US and Mexican officials made the grim discovery on Thursday …

2 indicted in migrant-smuggling tractor-trailer case that left dozens dead
2 years, 5 months ago

2 indicted in migrant-smuggling tractor-trailer case that left dozens dead

LA Times  

Fifty-three migrants died after being crammed into a tractor-trailer found on a remote road in San Antonio. Two men were indicted Wednesday in the case of a hot, airless tractor-trailer found last month with 53 dead or dying migrants in San Antonio, officials said. A federal grand jury in San Antonio indicted Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, and Christian Martinez, 28, …

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas truck returned to Mexico
2 years, 5 months ago

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas truck returned to Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Mexico bringing back bodies of 25 victims who died in a truck that was abandoned in the sweltering heat in San Antonio. After days of preparation and donations to cover funeral costs, a mountain community in eastern Mexico on Thursday mourned the return of three teenagers who were among the 53 migrants who died inside an abandoned truck in southern …

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives
2 years, 5 months ago

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS, Honduras — Children set out hoping to earn enough to support their siblings and parents. “You think that when people have a higher level of education, they have to get more employment opportunities,” said Karen Caballero, the brothers’ mother. The boys had grown up friends and did everything together: playing, going out, even planning to go to the …

US official: Migrants who died cleared inland checkpoint
2 years, 5 months ago

US official: Migrants who died cleared inland checkpoint

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — 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. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that Border Patrol agents may stop vehicles at inland checkpoints for brief …

Four dead after truck carrying migrants crashes in Texas
2 years, 5 months ago

Four dead after truck carrying migrants crashes in Texas

Al Jazeera  

The incident comes days after 53 people died in the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history. Two Mexican men, one Guatemalan national and another unidentified person died in Thursday’s crash, the Mexican consulate in the Texan border city of Laredo said in a statement. The driver, a US citizen, was hospitalised along with two people thought to be from …

4 Charged In Tractor-Trailer Migrant Smuggling That Left 53 Dead
2 years, 5 months ago

4 Charged In Tractor-Trailer Migrant Smuggling That Left 53 Dead

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SAN ANTONIO — In the chaotic minutes after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering under the Texas sun, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors, a Mexican immigration official said Wednesday. Two more people died Wednesday as the death toll slowly climbed since the discovery of …

Migrants who died in truck in Texas cleared inland checkpoint, U.S. official says
2 years, 5 months ago

Migrants who died in truck in Texas cleared inland checkpoint, U.S. official says

LA Times  

Roberto Marquez adds a cross to a makeshift memorial at the site where a tractor-trailer was found with dozens of migrants’ bodies inside. 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 …

A global look at mass deaths of trafficked migrants
2 years, 5 months ago

A global look at mass deaths of trafficked migrants

Associated Press  

A global look at some of the deadliest incidents involving trafficked migrants in trucks or shipping containers: — June 27, 2022: 53 migrants died after being abandoned in a sweltering tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio. — Feb. 20, 2017: 13 African migrants suffocated inside a shipping container while being transported between two towns in Libya. — …

San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims
2 years, 5 months ago

San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Guatemala’s foreign ministry said late Tuesday that it had …

51 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat
2 years, 5 months ago

51 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task Tuesday of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat. Investigators traced the truck’s registration to a residence in San Antonio and detained two …

Texas migrant deaths: Families anxious amid efforts to ID victims
2 years, 5 months ago

Texas migrant deaths: Families anxious amid efforts to ID victims

Al Jazeera  

US officials are working to confirm the identities of 53 people who died after a truck was abandoned in the heat in south Texas. The bodies of more than a dozen Hondurans have been identified among the 53 people who died after being trapped inside a truck in southern Texas, a senior Mexican official said, as families desperately seek news …

US opens criminal probe after 51 people die in Texas truck
2 years, 5 months ago

US opens criminal probe after 51 people die in Texas truck

Al Jazeera  

Joe Biden condemns ‘horrifying and heartbreaking’ deaths as driver of truck and two Mexican men tied to the smuggling incident are taken into custody. The driver of the truck and two other people tied to the smuggling incident were taken into custody on Tuesday, US Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas told the Associated Press news agency. The surviving refugees and …

Truck tragedy a reminder of struggle to stop migrant deaths
2 years, 5 months ago

Truck tragedy a reminder of struggle to stop migrant deaths

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Drowned in the Rio Grande. President Joe Biden, in Europe this week for international summits, said the deaths were “horrifying and heartbreaking.” “Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy, and my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking …

46 migrants found dead inside truck in US, human smuggling case suspected
2 years, 5 months ago

46 migrants found dead inside truck in US, human smuggling case suspected

India Today  

Authorities found 46 migrants dead inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, the city's fire department said, in what appears to be one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border. The San Antonio Fire Department said 16 other people found inside the trailer were transported to the hospital for heat stroke and …

Immigrants found dead inside a tractor-trailer in Texas’ San Antonio
2 years, 5 months ago

Immigrants found dead inside a tractor-trailer in Texas’ San Antonio

Live Mint  

At least 46 immigrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer on the southwest side of San Antonio in Texas, news agency ANI has reported citing the US Media. The truck was found next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the city's southern outskirts, San Antonio's KSAT television reported. Big rigs emerged as a popular smuggling method in the …

At Least 46 Migrants Found Dead Inside Tractor-Trailer In Texas
2 years, 5 months ago

At Least 46 Migrants Found Dead Inside Tractor-Trailer In Texas

News 18  

At least 46 migrants were found dead Monday in and around a tractor-trailer that was abandoned on the side of a road in San Antonio, in central Texas, authorities said. “At this time we have processed approximately 46 bodies that have been triaged and tagged and declared deceased,” San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood told reporters. Texas Governor Greg Abbott …

46 dead, 16 hospitalised after trailer of migrants found in Texas
2 years, 5 months ago

46 dead, 16 hospitalised after trailer of migrants found in Texas

The Hindu  

Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio, officials said. 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 …

Texas tragedy is apparently latest in global series of migrant suffocation deaths
2 years, 5 months ago

Texas tragedy is apparently latest in global series of migrant suffocation deaths

LA Times  

Police work at the scene where a tractor-trailer full of dead bodies was discovered Monday in San Antonio. Authorities in Texas say that 46 people believed to be migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer and 16 others were taken to hospitals Monday in a remote part of San Antonio. Here’s a look at some of those incidents: — June …

Column: Unending deaths of migrants, driven by desperation and U.S. border policies
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: Unending deaths of migrants, driven by desperation and U.S. border policies

LA Times  

Police and onlookers at the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in southwestern San Antonio on Monday. Greg Abbott blamed the deaths on what he falsely characterized as President Biden’s “open border policies,” even though Trump’s most draconian border policies, “Remain in Mexico” and Title 42, a pandemic-related law used to expel migrants, are still …

49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico
3 years ago

49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A cargo truck jammed with …

55 dead after truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico
3 years ago

55 dead after truck smuggling migrants crashes in Mexico

LA Times  

Bodies in body bags are placed on the side of the road after an accident in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, on Thursday. While the Mexican government is trying to appease the United States by stopping caravans of walking migrants and allowing the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, it has been unable to staunch the flood of migrants stuffed by …

At least 53 migrants killed in tractor-trailer crash in southern Mexico
3 years ago

At least 53 migrants killed in tractor-trailer crash in southern Mexico

LA Times  

Bodies of migrants who died in a tractor-trailer accident lying on the pavement in Tuxtla Gutierrez, state of Chiapas, Mexico, on Thursday. At least 53 people were killed after a tractor-trailer overturned in southern Mexico on Thursday, one of the worst tragedies in recent memory to befall migrants trying to reach the United States. “I deeply regret the tragedy caused …

More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border
3 years, 5 months ago

More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona’s borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures in the sun-scorched desert and rugged mountains. The nonprofit group Humane Borders, which maps the recoveries of bodies in Arizona using data from the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tucson, said 43 sets of human …

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