Texas tragedy is apparently latest in global series of migrant suffocation deaths
2 years, 9 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 27, 2022: 46 people believed to be migrants were found dead in a sweltering trailer on a remote back road in southwestern San Antonio. — July 23, 2017: Eight immigrants were found dead in a sweltering trailer at a San Antonio Walmart parking lot. — June 18, 2000: 58 Chinese migrants were found dead inside a truck in the English port town of Dover.

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Driver in Texas migrant smuggling run that led to the deaths of 53 people pleads guilty
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Driver in Texas migrant smuggling run that led to the deaths of 53 people pleads guilty

Associated Press  

A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants who rode in a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning pleaded guilty Thursday over the 2022 tragedy that became the nation’s deadliest smuggling attempt across the U.S.-Mexico border. Homero Zamorano Jr. pleaded guilty in federal court in San Antonio to one count of conspiracy to transport aliens resulting in …

Seven charged in smuggling migrants in sweltering secret compartment with little water
9 months, 3 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 …

Eight killed in crash involving suspected people smuggling gang
1 year, 4 months ago

Eight killed in crash involving suspected people smuggling gang

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. In November 2022, one person was also killed, …

8 dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler, Texas officials say
1 year, 4 months ago

8 dead in crash after police chased a suspected human smuggler, Texas officials say

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 Eight people died Wednesday when …

4 men arrested in deaths last year of 53 migrants trapped inside tractor-trailer
1 year, 9 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, 9 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 …

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

Mexican Authorities Find 103 Unaccompanied Minors with Several Hundred Migrants
2 years 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 …

400 migrants escape suffocating people-smuggling tractor-trailer abandoned on a Mexican road
2 years, 8 months ago

400 migrants escape suffocating people-smuggling tractor-trailer abandoned on a Mexican road

Daily Mail  

At least 400 migrants escaped from a hot and airless tractor trailer abandoned by a smuggler in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz on Thursday. At least 94 people were treated for injuries while the rest fled Paramedics treat some of the migrants who were among those found inside and around a tractor trailer ferrying at least 400 people that …

Bodies of migrants who died in Texas truck returned to Mexico
2 years, 8 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 …

Mexico returns 8 bodies of migrants in Texas truck tragedy
2 years, 8 months ago

Mexico returns 8 bodies of migrants in Texas truck tragedy

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 Mexican air force plane …

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives
2 years, 8 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 …

Four dead after truck carrying migrants crashes in Texas
2 years, 8 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 …

Migrants who died in truck in Texas cleared inland checkpoint, U.S. official says
2 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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 …

Alleged driver of truck packed with dying migrants pretended to be a survivor, official says
2 years, 9 months ago

Alleged driver of truck packed with dying migrants pretended to be a survivor, official says

LA Times  

A man pays his respects at the site where officials found dozens of people dead in a tractor-trailer containing migrants. “She just kept hanging on my arms, screaming, ‘Help me, help me.’ ” When Quintero looked inside the truck, he saw bodies “piled at edge of door, like they were trying to get out,” he said. There were a couple …

Truck tragedy a reminder of struggle to stop migrant deaths
2 years, 9 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 in abandoned trailer in San Antonio
2 years, 9 months ago

46 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer in San Antonio

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were hospitalized, including four children. San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the 46 who died had “families …

46 migrants found dead inside truck in US, human smuggling case suspected
2 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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 …

At least 50 people found dead in a truck in San Antonio, Texas
2 years, 9 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 …

San Antonio: 46 found dead inside tractor trailer in South Texas; migrant smuggling attempt suspected
2 years, 9 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 …

Dozens of people are found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio
2 years, 9 months ago

Dozens of people are found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio

NPR  

Dozens of people are found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio Local police in Texas say 16 people were found alive and transported to area hospitals, including 12 adults and four children. San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said the 12 adults and four children found alive in the truck were hot to the touch and suffered from heat …

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

More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Arizona border
3 years, 8 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 …

Latest: Official: At least 25 migrants in truck were Mexican
7 years, 8 months ago

Latest: Official: At least 25 migrants in truck were Mexican

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — The Latest on the deaths of 10 people whose bodies were found in a broiling tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas : 9:30 p.m. Mexico’s foreign ministry says that “according to preliminary information” 25 of the migrants inside a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas were Mexican. Darnisha Rose says James Matthew Bradley Jr. told …

Human trafficking in USA: Eight found dead in San Antonio trailer, 20 severely injured
7 years, 8 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 …

58 Migrants Died ‘a Most Terrible Death’ in England
24 years, 9 months ago

58 Migrants Died ‘a Most Terrible Death’ in England

LA Times  

TIMES STAFF WRITER When British customs agents waved a 50-foot, Dutch-registered freight truck into the inspection dock of this port city, they thought they might find contraband alcohol or drugs, not 58 corpses slumped behind crates of tomatoes in what officials said Monday was the country’s worst smuggling disaster. In the wake of the gruesome discovery late Sunday, Prime Minister …

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