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Death toll from migrants found in truck in Texas reaches 50, Mexico says
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Mexico blames poverty and US border crisis Death toll from migrants found in truck in Texas reaches 50, Mexico says ![Death toll from migrants found in truck in Texas reaches 50, Mexico says]()
Mexico blames poverty and US border crisis Death toll from migrants found in truck in Texas reaches 50, Mexico says
Mexico blames poverty and US border crisis. "Poverty and desperation" led to the deaths of at least 50 migrants abandoned in a Texas lorry, Mexico's president has said.
The death toll from a human trafficking incident on Monday in which migrants suffered under extreme Texas heat inside a truck rose to 50 on Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.
The migrants died inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, where temperatures swelled to a high of 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39.4 degrees Celsius). It was one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Poverty and desperation" led to the deaths of at least 50 migrants abandoned in a Texas lorry, Mexico's president has said.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blamed trafficking and "a lack of control" at the border - the worst case of migrant deaths due to smuggling in the US.
Nearly two dozen Mexicans, seven Guatemalans and two Hondurans were among the dead.
Those found alive, including four children, were taken to hospital.
The survivors were "hot to the touch" and suffering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion.
Authorities are working to confirm the nationalities of remaining victims.
Local and U.S. authorities said there were no signs of water and no visible working air conditioning inside the truck.
"I want to offer my condolences to the relatives of this catastrophe," Lopez Obrador said.
Local and U.S. authorities said there were no signs of water and no visible working air conditioning inside the truck.
"I want to offer my condolences to the relatives of this catastrophe," Lopez Obrador said.
Some 22 Mexicans, seven Guatemalans and two Hondurans were identified among the dead, Mexico Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter on Tuesday. There was no information on the nationality of the other 19, Mexican officials said.
