A U.S. citizen was among those who reportedly survived being in a truck in San Antonio with other migrants, as more than 51 of them died in the Texas heat.
Police work the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in a remote area in southwestern San Antonio on Monday.Many of the dead were males. The dozen or so who survived were taken to hospitals. Five of the people who died were children.
Authorities do not know the home countries of all the migrants. By Tuesday, medical examiners had had potentiallyAmong the dead, 27 are believed to be of Mexican origin based on documents they were carrying, according to said Rubén Minutti, Mexico consul general in San Antonio. Several survivors were in critical condition with injuries such as brain damage and internal bleeding, he said.
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