Seven charged in smuggling migrants in sweltering secret compartment with little water
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Seven charged in smuggling migrants in sweltering secret compartment with little water

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 Seven people in southern Texas have been charged after endangering nearly two dozen migrants smuggled in a secret trailer compartment during high temperatures and with little water, authorities said. Following a tip of a smuggling operation, Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputies Thursday morning found 26 migrants in a residence near San Antonio that Sheriff Javier Salazar called a “shack” with holes in the floor and no water. Twelve people were initially sent to the hospital for minor and heat-related injuries, but by Friday, only one migrant remained hospitalized due to dehydration and “cardiac related issues," according to a Friday news release. San Antonio was the site of the nation’s deadliest human smuggling episode in June 2022, when 53 migrants, including eight children, died after being trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer that had been driven from Laredo.

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Jury convicts two men in smuggling operation that killed 53 migrants
4 days, 22 hours ago

Jury convicts two men in smuggling operation that killed 53 migrants

CNN  

CNN — Two men involved in a smuggling operation were convicted of federal charges Tuesday for their part in a 2022 border crossing attempt that left 53 migrants dead after they were trapped in the back of of an unairconditioned tractor trailer in the hot Texas summer. “Nevertheless, they disregarded the danger.” Orduna-Torres was the “lead organizer” of the smuggling …

Barrels Of Drinking Water For Migrants Walking Through Texas Have Disappeared
1 year, 7 months ago

Barrels Of Drinking Water For Migrants Walking Through Texas Have Disappeared

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING HEBBRONVILLE, Texas — As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United States this summer, authorities and activists in South Texas found themselves embroiled in a mystery in this arid region near the border with Mexico. John Meza volunteers with the South Texas Human Rights Center in Jim Hogg …

4 men arrested in deaths last year of 53 migrants trapped inside tractor-trailer
1 year, 8 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, 8 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 …

4 Charged In Tractor-Trailer Migrant Smuggling That Left 53 Dead
2 years, 8 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 …

San Antonio migrant deaths lead to slow effort to ID victims
2 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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 …

Border crackdown makes death a constant risk for undocumented migrants entering Texas
2 years, 8 months ago

Border crackdown makes death a constant risk for undocumented migrants entering Texas

Salon  

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The magnitude may reflect more migrants seeking increasingly dangerous pathways to come here as enforcement policies along the border — both by the Biden administration and Texas Gov. DPS, through the governor's Operation Lone Star efforts, has tried to highlight …

46 migrants found dead inside truck in US, human smuggling case suspected
2 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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 …

At least 50 people found dead in a truck in San Antonio, Texas
2 years, 8 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 …

Three people in custody after police find more than 50 bodies in truck near San Antonio
2 years, 8 months ago

Three people in custody after police find more than 50 bodies in truck near San Antonio

ABC  

At least 50 people have been found dead inside a truck carrying migrants near San Antonio in the United States. Key points: The San Antonio Fire Department says 46 bodies were found in the truck The fire department chief says 16 others were taken to hospital with heat-related injuries Three people have been taken into custody Mexico's Foreign Minister has …

San Antonio: 46 found dead inside tractor trailer in South Texas; migrant smuggling attempt suspected
2 years, 8 months ago

San Antonio: 46 found dead inside tractor trailer in South Texas; migrant smuggling attempt suspected

India TV News  

Highlights A US official said 15 others in the truck were taken to hospitals in the San Antonio Big rigs emerged as a popular smuggling method in the early 1990s Before that, people paid small fees to mom-and-pop operators to get them across an unguarded border San Antonio: At least 46 people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in South …

Texas couple accused of trying to smuggle 89 migrants across Mexico border in stolen trailer
3 years, 7 months ago

Texas couple accused of trying to smuggle 89 migrants across Mexico border in stolen trailer

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Texas couple has …

Eight dead bodies including two young children found in truck outside San Antonio Walmart, in suspected people-trafficking tragedy
7 years, 7 months ago

Eight dead bodies including two young children found in truck outside San Antonio Walmart, in suspected people-trafficking tragedy

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least eight dead …

Human trafficking in USA: Eight found dead in San Antonio trailer, 20 severely injured
7 years, 7 months ago

Human trafficking in USA: Eight found dead in San Antonio trailer, 20 severely injured

Firstpost  

Eight people were found dead in a truck in a parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, in an apparent people trafficking case, authorities said Washington: Eight people were found dead Sunday in a truck in a parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, in an apparent people trafficking case, authorities said. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus and Fire Chief Charles …

At Least 10 Dead, Dozens More Found In Tractor-Trailer In San Antonio
7 years, 7 months ago

At Least 10 Dead, Dozens More Found In Tractor-Trailer In San Antonio

NPR  

At Least 10 Dead, Dozens More Found In Tractor-Trailer In San Antonio Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Updated at 1:00 p.m. The office says James Mathew Bradley, Jr., of Clearwater, Fla., will likely appear in San Antonio's federal court on criminal charges Monday. Early Sunday, San Antonio police said they had also recovered 20 people in …

San Antonio victims deserve our compassion, not condemnation (opinion)
7 years, 7 months ago

San Antonio victims deserve our compassion, not condemnation (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and member of the USA Today board of contributors. Story highlights On Sunday, a Walmart employee discovered a tractor-trailer with dozens of people -- several dead, many injured Raul Reyes: Rather than politicize the incident, we need to treat the victims with the human decency they deserve CNN — Early Sunday morning, …

Texas Walmart: 9 people dead after sweltering trailer found
7 years, 7 months ago

Texas Walmart: 9 people dead after sweltering trailer found

CNN  

Story highlights "These people were helpless in the hands of their transporters," US attorney says Many of the survivors will have "irreversible brain damage," fire chief says CNN — At least nine people are dead after a phone call from a Walmart employee led to the discovery of dozens of undocumented immigrants severely injured in the back of a tractor-trailer …

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