Heat stroke is suspected among 6 found dead in a shipping container at a rail yard near Texas border
Federal agents are investigating the death of six people thought to be immigrants found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas on Sunday as a “potential human smuggling event.” A medical examiner believes heat stroke led to those deaths. The examiner says it took up to an estimated eight hours for the people to succumb to illness. Police in Laredo say workers discovered the bodies on Sunday during an inspection. The deceased include five...
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