WASHINGTON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – At least 50 migrants who were left in a Texas lorry died as a result of “poverty and desperation,” according to the president of Mexico.
The biggest instance of migrant deaths brought on by smuggling in the US was blamed on trafficking and “a lack of control” at the border, according to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Seven Guatemalans, two Hondurans, and nearly twenty Mexicans were among the fatalities.
Four children were among those found alive, and they were all brought to a hospital.
The survivors had heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and they were “hot to the touch.”
At least two citizens of Mexico are currently receiving hospital treatment for dehydration, according to Mexican officials. Officials from the consulate are attempting to verify their identities.
The nationalities of the remaining victims are being verified by authorities.
Three people who are believed to be involved in the smuggling conspiracy, according to US investigators, have been detained.
At his daily briefing, Mr. Lopez Obrador, also known as Amlo, said that Mexico would endeavour to repatriate the remains of its nationals and termed the finding a “tremendous tragedy.”
He added that it happened because there was human trafficking and a lack of control, in that case along the Mexican-US border, but also in the US interior. He said that this and other migrant deaths were brought on by the poor and desperation of their Central American brothers, and of Mexicans.
Mexico has joined the investigation and is sending a team to Texas in order to help with the investigation, according to Marcelo Ebrard, foreign minister of Mexico.
The truck killings were described as “horrific and heartbreaking” by the White House.
The migrants were discovered outside of San Antonio, which is a significant transit hub for people smugglers and is just 250 kilometres (155 miles) from the US-Mexico border.
Upon having managed to enter the United States, unauthorised migrants are frequently met by human traffickers in isolated locations and transported using trucks.
They had families and probably sought a better life, according to San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. It was a dreadful human tragedy, to put it mildly.
According to officials, a city worker found the scene after he heard calls for help.
According to San Antonio fire chief Charles Hood, first responders arrived at the area at 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) at first.
They were not meant to open a vehicle and discover a pile of dead people inside. None of them had that in mind whenever they went to work, he said.
He continued by saying that the driver of the vehicle had abandoned it and that it was without water and without a working air conditioner.
As the summertime temperature in San Antonio reached 39.4C (103F) on Monday, it is thought that the victims most likely passed away from dehydration and heat exhaustion.
The nation’s consulate in San Antonio has pledged to offer “all the support” required and has sent Consul General Rubén Minutti to the location.
A security guard at a nearby lumber yard, Edward Reyna, claimed he was not shocked to learn the news upon reporting for his night job. He claimed to have lost count of the number of times he had witnessed migrants leaping off trains as they passed by the location of the truck.
He anticipated that someone would be harmed sooner or later, Mr. Reyna stated. The cartels that transport them had no concern about them, he added.
The nation’s consulate in San Antonio has pledged to offer “all the support” required and has sent Consul General Rubén Minutti to the location.
A security guard at a nearby lumber yard, Edward Reyna, claimed he was not shocked to learn the news upon reporting for his night job. He claimed to have lost count of the number of times he had witnessed migrants leaping off trains as they passed by the location of the truck.
He anticipated that someone would be harmed sooner or later, Mr. Reyna stated. The cartels that transport them had no concern about them, he added.
Human traffickers were cruel criminals who had no regard for the vulnerable people they exploited and endangered in order to earn a profit, said Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security for the United States, whose department has taken over the investigation.
