Officials in San Antonio, Texas found 46 bodies in and around an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer, and 16 others were taken to local hospitals in what is presumed to be human trafficking gone wrong. The cause of death is being investigated as a suspected human trafficking case.
The dead range in age from teens to young adults, and are believed to have succumbed to heat stroke and heat exhaustion, as the trailer had no air conditioning and no water as temperatures exceeded 100 degrees.
- Of those taken to the hospital 12 were adults and 4 were children - who Fire Chief Charles Hood said were hot to the touch and dehydrated, while no water was found in the trailer.
The trailer was part of a human trafficking operation to bring people into the United States illegally, and the Department of Homeland Security's Investigations unit has taken point on the case.
- DHS officials released the following statement:
- "On June 27, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) responded to a call from San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) in reference to an alleged human smuggling event involving a tractor trailer on Quintana Road near Cassin Road. HSI San Antonio has initiated an investigation with support of SAPD. Details will be released as they are available, the criminal investigation remains ongoing."
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/stacks-bodies-horror-texas-46-migrants-found-dead-18-wheeler
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