Forty-six people were found dead in a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, and 16 have been transported to area hospitals, according to San Antonio police and fire officials.
Officials would not immediately confirm if the victims were migrants or what country they were from.
When the worker approached, he saw several bodies inside an 18-wheeler trailer with its doors partially open.Crews with San Antonio Fire Department arrived at the scene to find “stacks of bodies” in the trailer and many people too weak to let themselves out, according to SAFD Chief Charles Hood. He said they died from heat stroke and heat exhaustion as the trailer had no air conditioning and no water.The Mexican secretary of external relations tweeted Monday night that the 46 people died of asphixiation, and at least two of the people in the trailer were from Guatemala.Reporte de nuestro Cónsul : 46 fallecidos por asfixia, 16 trasladados a hospitales,entre ellos 4 menores de edad. En este último grupo se ha identificado a dos guatemaltecos.
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