Texas: Bodies of at least 46 immigrants recovered from abandoned trailer
At least 46 bodies have-been found in an abandoned trailer off the outskirts of San Antonio in United States US state of Texas. It is thought they were immigrants.
Sixteen people including four children were taken to hospital according to a government fire official. The survivors' bodies were very hot and they were exhausted from heatstroke and heat.
San Antonio area of Texas united state is about 250 kilometers (150 miles) from US Mexico united state border & is a major route for human traffickers.
Human traffickers use trailer to transport undocumented immigrants to US United States.
San Antonio Mayor Ron N rnberg says he had family with him & was probably looking for a better life. This is nothing short of a terrible human tragedy.
San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood told reporters that emergency workers arrived at scene around 18:00 local time!after receiving a report of a body.
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None of us thought we would come to work & open a truck to find piles of bodies he said.
He said the driver had left the car & disappeared with no air conditioning & no drinking water.
According to the local KSAT TV channel vehicle was found near the railway tracks in San Antonio.
Pictures posted on social media show a significant number of the emergency workers around a large truck.
According to the KSAT TV channel the vehicle was found near the railway tracks in the southwestern part of San Antonio.
Speaking at a press conference San Antonio Texas Police Chief William McManus said the investigation had-been handed over to federal agents. He added that three people have also been detained.
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Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Aberrard said two of those taken to the hospital were from Goethe but added that nationalities of the other victims were still unknown.
Earlier Marcelo said his country' diplomats were arriving.
Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott has blamed United States of America US President Joe Biden for t killings calling them the result of border policies.
Immigration is a controversial political issue in US United States
Democratic candidate Beto O Rourke who is running against Abbott called the reports disastrous & called for immediate action as well as eliminating human trafficking groups and paving way for legal relocation. What is it.
Immigration is a controversial political issue in US United States & a record number of undocumented immigrants from Mexico were detained last year. Many of them were traveling on extremely dangerous & unsafe routes.
Texas: The weather in San Antonio is particularly hot in summer months with temperatures reaching 39.4 degrees Celsius on Monday.
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