46 migrants die in truck in Texas, others hospitalised

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

A city worker at the scene was alerted to the situation by a cry for help on Monday, Police Chief William McManus said. Officers arrived to find a body on the ground outside the trailer and a partially opened gate to the trailer, he said. Of the 16 taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses, 12 were adults and four were children, said Fire Chief Charles Hood. The patients were hot to the touch and dehydrated, and no water was found in the trailer, he said. Three people were taken into custody, but it was unclear if they were absolutely connected with human trafficking, McManus said.

Those in the trailer were part of a presumed migrant smuggling attempt into the United States, and the investigation was being led by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, McManus said.

Those in the trailer were in a presumed migrant smuggling attempt in South Texas, according to an official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the information had not been authorized for public release. – THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS