Texas: 46 dead migrants found in trucks / 16 survivors were taken to hospitals. Migrants are repeatedly smuggled from Mexico to the United States in trucks.
46 dead migrants have been found in a truck in the US state of Texas. The fire chief of the city of San Antonio, Charles Hood, confirmed the grisly find. According to this, 16 survivors were taken to hospitals, twelve adults and four children.
“The patients we saw were too hot to touch, they suffered from heat stroke.” Hood said there was no water in the trailer. It was indeed a refrigerated truck; however, no cooling system was running. Authorities announced three arrests. Mayor Ron Nirenberg spoke of a “terrible human tragedy”.
The nationality of each of the victims is not yet known. According to the first information from the authorities, there are women and men, teenagers and young adults.
The number of illegal border crossings is increasing
The truck was found near the I-35 freeway, which leads to the border with Mexico. Migrants hidden in trucks are repeatedly smuggled into the United States from Mexico. It is about 250 kilometers from San Antonio to the border with Mexico.
For months, the number of people trying to cross the border from Mexico to the United States has been increasing – even without valid papers. Smugglers and human traffickers promise them help with deadly consequences.
Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard spoke on Monday of a “tragedy” with regard to the 46 dead. He announced that the Mexican consul would go to the scene of the accident, even if the nationality of the victims was not yet known.
Governor blames Biden / Texas: 46 dead migrants found in trucks
Arch-conservative Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed President Joe Biden’s migration policies. “These deaths are Biden’s fault,” Abbott said on Twitter. They are “the result of his deadly open borders policy,” Abbott said. It has “deadly consequences” if the law is not enforced.
The opposition Republicans accuse Biden of taking too lax a course in migration policy and in securing the southern border. They also want to use this topic in their campaign for the midterm congressional elections in November.
