The bodies were discovered Monday in a truck near San Antonio, a means of transport frequently used by migrants wishing to enter the United States.
The bodies of at least 46 people were discovered Monday, June 27 in a truck near San Antonio, Texas (southern United States), according to several local media, a means of transport frequently used by migrants wishing to enter the States -United. Such a trip is extremely dangerous, especially since these vehicles are rarely air-conditioned and their occupants quickly run out of water.
“We have so far taken care of around 46 bodies”said San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood, who said sixteen injured people – twelve adults and four children – had been taken care of and were “conscious” during their transport to medical services. “The patients we saw were hot to the touch, they were suffering from heat stroke, heat exhaustion, no water was found in the vehicle”listed the fire chief.
Several local television channels and a daily newspaper in San Antonio, a city 240 km from the border with Mexico, reported the sinister discovery on Monday evening, and the images broadcast by the KSAT channel showed numerous police and emergency vehicles at the scene. .
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Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard regretted on Twitter a “tragedy” and indicated that the Mexican consul, although we do not “don’t know the nationalities” of the victims, went there. Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott immediately seized on the tragedy to blame it on Democratic President Joe Biden. “These dead are (responsibility of) Biden. They are the result of his deadly policy of open borders.he attacked.
The arrivals of illegal migrants increased sharply after the election of Joe Biden, although the latter has been trying since his arrival at the White House to stem the migratory influx by notably entrusting this thorny file to his vice-president Kamala Harris. In 2017, a similar tragedy had marked the spirits: ten migrants had died in an overheated trailer parked in a parking lot near San Antonio.