More than 50 immigrants killed in truck crash in San Antonio, USA

- Human Trafficking: Attempt to smuggle from Mexico to America in a truck

- Truck with corpses abandoned on San Antonio inland road: 16 hospitalized, three arrested

- Police began an investigation into the immigrants' hometown and how long they had been abandoned in the truck

SAN ANTONIO: The bodies of six immigrants were found in an abandoned tractor-trailer on a hinterland in San Antonio, Texas. Authorities suspect the migrants were trying to infiltrate the United States from Mexico. Officials said the condition of 12 other people in the truck was critical. He has been hospitalized.

Fire Chief Charles Hood said the heat had worsened the condition of people in the truck. Twelve adults and four children traveling in the truck have been admitted to the hospital. The bodies of all these people were hot and dehydrated. There was no water in the truck. Three accused have been arrested in the case, police said. This is the biggest tragedy in recent times of the deaths of immigrants in an attempt to smuggle human beings from Mexico to America. The temperature in San Antonio was 4.5 degrees Celsius. Was.

A local TV channel reported that a truck was found abandoned near a railway track on an inland road in San Antonio. A search of the vehicle turned up several bodies. The truck driver fled the scene. A city worker heard screams of help from the truck. The crash came to light when he approached and saw corpses in a truck, said Police Chief William McManus.

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said nine immigrants who came to the United States in the hope of living a better life have died. This is a terrible human tragedy. This is the biggest tragedy in recent decades as people try to cross the US border from Mexico. In 2016, 10 immigrants were killed when they were trapped in a truck parked outside a Walmart in San Antonio. Earlier in 2009, 18 migrants were killed in an abandoned truck in San Antonio. It was not immediately known about the migrants' hometown and how long they had been abandoned on Susam Road near the railway tracks. San Antonio is approximately 40 km from the US-Mexico border. When away, South Texas is the busiest area for human trafficking.

The door of the truck was partially open when police officers arrived at the scene and a corpse fell outside the truck, the police chief said. Three people have been arrested in the incident. But it was not clear whether they were directly involved in human trafficking. He said the truck was believed to have died due to extreme heat and suffocation. According to US government figures, nine migrants have died on the southwestern border in 12 months.