Fifty migrants found dead 'stacked' up in Texas truck
The Independent|June 29, 2022
Officials report that the death toll in the horrific incident where bodies were found "stacked" inside a truck's tractor-trailer near San Antonio has grown to at least 50 people.
JOHANNA CHISHOLM, RICHARD HALL
Fifty migrants found dead 'stacked' up in Texas truck

Mexico's foreign secretary Marcelo Ebrard said yesterday that US authorities had confirmed that at least 50 individuals had died. It was reported on Monday night that a trailer was discovered on a road southwest of the city's downtown by a local worker who heard a cry for help. When he came to investigate, he found the doors partially open, and a number of deceased individuals "stacked" on top of one another inside the 103F tractor-trailer.

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