A cry for help coming from the 18-wheeler found abandoned on the southern outskirts of town Monday evening led to the discovery of “stacks of bodies’’ inside the vehicle.
that left at least 50 migrants dead in a truck — including how bodies were allegedly sprinkled with steak seasoning to mask their odor.that many of the estimated 100 people jammed into the tractor-trailer in San Antonio appeared to have been covered in spices to cover up the odor during the human-smuggling tragedy.
The rig was “cloned,” said the owner of a local Alamo-based trucking company to the San Antonio Express-News — painted to match one of his own, right down to copying his legal vehicle’s Department of Transportation registration number. Law enforcement reported the migrants inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas was covered in spices to hide body odor.Authorities confirmed approximately 50 migrants died from overcrowded and overheated conditions inside the tractor-trailer.Temperatures in San Antonio reached a high of 103 degrees Monday amid an ongoing heat wave, and the 50 dead are believed to have succumbed to the heat.
A rep with Baptist Health System said Tuesday that three patients taken to San Antonio’s Baptist Medical Center were later pronounced dead, and another patient died at an area hospital, KSAT reported.San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and San Antonio Police Chief William McManus stated many survivors endured heat-related illnesses during a briefing.An adolescent boy was reportedly critical at University Hospital, while a 23-year-old woman was in serious condition there, the Times said.
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