Police near the truck in which the migrants' bodies were found. San Antonio, Texas. File photoMEXICO CITY, Jun 29 The number of migrants who died from asphyxiation in the back of a trailer in Texas has reached 51, and 13 people are in hospital in serious condition, Mexican Consul in Texas Ruben Minutti said at a press conference , which was broadcast by Milenio TV.
"A total of 13 people were hospitalized in various medical facilities … Basically, the condition of the wounded is severe, with neurological, renal, liver failure and internal bleeding. The death toll at the moment is 51 people", Minutti specified.
A truck with people was found on a small road in Texas leading to the highway. Earlier it was reported about 50 dead. According to the San Antonio fire department, there was no water or air conditioning in the back. Among the victims of this tragedy, at least 27 people are Mexicans. The Latin American Foreign Ministry said earlier that the Attorney General's Office of the Republic would take part in the investigation. Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that these unfortunate events of poverty and desperation in Central America and Mexico are due to rampant human trafficking and lack of control on the country's border with the United States and within the States. Migration flow from Latin America towards the United States again reached its maximum figures against the background of economic difficulties in the states of the region, exacerbated by the pandemic. The Mexican authorities deported more than 114,000 traveling illegal immigrants from the country in 2021, the number of people detained by the US authorities at the border with Mexico over the past nine months has exceeded one million people. 3 dead in Missouri train derailment