6 people found dead inside a boxcar in Texas, officials say
Authorities are investigating a possible human smuggling case as autopsies continue and no identities have been released.
- Six people were found dead inside a Union Pacific cargo train at a railyard in Laredo on Sunday near 12100 Jim Young Way and Mile Marker 13.
- Temperatures in Laredo hit 97 degrees on Sunday, with conditions inside train cars likely exceeding 100 degrees in the sweltering heat.
- Laredo Police Department officers responded around 3 p.m. after a Union Pacific employee reported a "trailer box car with the discovery of multiple casualties in the car." The company spokesperson said they are "saddened by this incident."
- The Webb County medical examiner will conduct autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death while the department continues its investigation; officials have not yet released victim identities.
- Port Laredo accounted for 62% of Texas land port trade in 2024, valued at nearly $340 billion according to the Texas Comptroller, underscoring the city's critical role in regional commerce.
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Heat Stroke Suspected in 6 Texas Boxcar Deaths
Federal agents are investigating the deaths of six people thought to be immigrants found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the border with Mexico in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday as a "potential human smuggling event." A Union Pacific employee found the bodies of six people...
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EstamosAquí MXA 29-year-old Mexican woman is in the group of migrants who died inside a cargo container in a Union Pacific railway yard near the Mexican border in Laredo, Texas.A South Texas forensic doctor pointed to a heat stroke as the most likely cause of the death of six people who were found on Sunday afternoon, May 10, said Jose Baeza, spokesman for the Laredo Police Department. Dr. Corinne Stern, a forensic doctor in Webb County, is performing autopsi…
The authorities indicated that the circumstances of the deaths as well as the identity, age, gender or migration status of the victims are still unknown.
The bodies were found on Sunday in the city of Laredo, which is located right near the Mexican border.
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