UPDATE: US officials say 46 people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found on a remote back road in Texas state
Law enforcement officers work at the scene where migrants were found dead inside a lorry in San Antonio, Texas.
At least 46 migrants have been found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio city, Texas, US officials said, in what appears to be one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the US-Mexico border. Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard called the suffocation of the migrants on Monday in the truck the "tragedy in Texas" on Twitter and said the local consulate was en route to the scene, though the nationalities of the victims had not been confirmed.
A local fire department official said there were 46 people dead, adding 16 people including 12 adults and four children were transported to the hospital. The official said the patients were hot to the touch and were suffering from exhaustion. Police said three people have been detained. They are a result of his deadly open border policies.
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