On the evening of June 27, local time, the remains of more than 40 illegal immigrants were found in an abandoned trailer truck in southern Texas. As of June 28, the number of victims had risen to 51. It was one of the worst immigration deaths in the United States in recent years.
Tragedy
According to police and fire department officials in San Antonio, Texas, at about 18:00 local time on June 27, a man found a suspected abandoned trailer truck at a local intersection and heard a cry for help from the car.
A trailer truck was found in the suburb of San Antonio, Texas, on June 27.
Law enforcement and rescue workers arrived at the scene and found "piles of bodies" in the carriage, when more than 40 people had died and 16 others had survived, including 4 minors, who had a high body temperature and were weak and could not even get off the car on their own.
The police said that the truck involved was parked at the site of the accident because of a mechanical failure, but no air conditioning was installed on the car, and the temperature in the San Antonio area on the day of the incident was as high as 38 degrees Celsius, and the car was crowded with people at that time, and the actual ambient temperature would be higher, which eventually led to tragedy.
On June 27, a large number of police cars and rescue vehicles arrived at the scene of the incident.
On June 28, local time, the consul general of Mexico in San Antonio, Texas, released information that the death toll rose to 51, of which at least 27 were Mexicans.
Preliminary investigations show that a large proportion of the victims died of suffocation. Another 13 people are being treated in hospitals, at least 3 of whom are Mexicans.
According to earlier reports in the US media, the victims were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and some have yet to be confirmed.
On June 27, the truck involved was found outside San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The city of San Antonio, where the tragedy took place, is about 250 kilometers from the border area between the United States and Mexico.
U.S. police believed, based on preliminary investigations, that the truck carrying illegal immigrants came from the U.S. border city of Laredo, which borders Mexico.
Southern Texas has reportedly been the busiest area to cross the border illegally, with illegal immigrants typically having to pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be taken to the border and taken to trucks before being driven to san Antonio before being transferred to a small vehicle to their final destination in the United States. But that includes how much water passengers can get, whether they are allowed to carry mobile phones, etc
Shipping conditions vary widely.
On June 28, people in San Antonio, Texas, mourned the victims at the site of the tragedy.
The Mexican Immigration Department released information on June 28 that the truck involved did not cross the border from Mexico into the United States, because according to the existing monitoring equipment on the U.S.-Mexico border line and land ports, such a container container truck carrying a large number of migrants could not escape surveillance and cross the border into the United States.
The Mexican Immigration Agency pointed out that the large number of immigrants who died in the container truck this time are very likely to cross the border from Mexico to the United States through a small group of several people, and then assemble in the United States, and then take a container container truck to move in the United States.
At present, the US police have arrested the truck driver and two other people.
The two men had no identity documents and were in possession of multiple firearms. U.S. federal prosecutors accused them of illegally holding guns without bail. They will face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Investigate thoroughly
In response to the tragic death of illegal immigrants in Texas, US President Biden said on June 28 local time that the US government will continue to do its best to combat human smuggling and trafficking.
Infographic: White House, USA
Biden said the Department of Homeland Security is leading the investigation into the incident, and preliminary reports suggest that the tragedy was caused by smugglers or traffickers who endangered and exploited lives for the sake of profit.
On the same day, Mexican Foreign Minister Ebrad said Mexico would form a joint investigation team with the United States to jointly investigate and punish those responsible for the incident.
Source: Mexican Foreign Minister Ebrad
The Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations also issued a statement on the 28th, requiring the US and Mexican authorities to investigate the death of this illegal immigrant and bring all the participants who caused this tragedy to justice.
The shocking incident once again demonstrates the need for a comprehensive strategy for safe, orderly and regular migration in the region, the statement said.
Ills
Immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border has long been a persistent problem for American society, with thousands of Latin American migrants moving north almost every month in recent years trying to enter the United States. But due to U.S. immigration policies, most people have not succeeded. These people will either wait on the Mexican side of the border or will find a way to smuggle into the United States through human smugglers.
According to the latest U.S. government data, U.S. border enforcement officers arrested nearly 240,000 illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in May, a new high.
Drone footage of the Mexico side under the U.S.-Mexico border wall in the Yuma region of Arizona, June 22, showing illegal immigrants standing on the U.S. side of the border wall, waiting for U.S. Border Patrol agents to deal with them.
Some American media said that the road to the United States has become a road of blood and tears for immigrants. As a result, the U.S. government has been criticized by the international community for its human rights issues, such as the "separation of flesh and bones" of immigrants in detention centers and the lack of medical care and medicines.
Immigration is also one of the key areas of the democratic and republican bipartisan struggle in the United States.
Albert, a Republican governor of Texas who is seeking re-election, posted on social media on the evening of June 27 slamming the Biden administration's border policy and saying "the deaths of these immigrants were caused by Biden."
Source: Global News+