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9 Migrants Die After Being Crammed into Sweltering Truck on Journey to U.S.

HeadlineJul 24, 2017

In the United States, in Texas, at least nine people have died from heat exposure and asphyxiation after they and 30 others were crammed into the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer as part of their journey to enter the United States from Mexico. When the group of migrants was discovered in a Wal-Mart parking lot in San Antonio, eight men were already dead. One more man died later in the hospital. Authorities say they are investigating it as a human trafficking case. Survivors say as many as 100 people were sandwiched into the back of the truck at times during the deadly journey. This is San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood.

Charles Hood: “We started extricating patients out of the back of a semi truck. The air conditioning was not working, so everyone was removed. During that time, we had eight patients that were deceased. We had another 20 patients that were either in extremely critical condition or very serious condition, and they have been transported to a number of hospitals.”

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