Two migrants found dead and at least 10 hospitalises after police in southern Texas find 'suffocating' migrants in freight train traveling near US-Mexico border
Two migrants have been found dead, and at least 10 were hospitalised after police in southern Texas received a call that they were "suffocating" in a freight train car travelling near the US-Mexico border.
Union Pacific railroad said in a statement that the people were found in two train cars: 12 in a shipping container and three in a hopper car.Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez told thethat dispatchers received a 911 call at about 3:50 pm from an unknown person seeking help. "We’re still trying to determine if it was from someone inside the car," Rodriguez said. "We're assuming it was from inside one of the cars."
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