INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
More than 40 migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in Texas State of the United States on Monday, reports said.Sixteen other
people found inside the trailer were taken to hospital for heat stroke and exhaustion, including four minors, Reuters reported citing the
fire department of the San Antonio city where the truck was found.Officials also said three people were arrested following the
incident.Mexico&s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard called the suffocation of the migrants in the truck the &tragedy in Texas& on Twitter and
said the local consulate was en route to the scene, though the nationalities of the victims had not been confirmed.There have been a record
number of migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, which has sparked criticism of the immigration policies of U.S
President Joe Biden, a Democrat.Temperatures in San Antonio, which is about 250 km from the Mexican border, swelled to a high of 39.4
degrees Celsius on Monday with high humidity.In July 2017, ten migrants died after being transported in a tractor-trailer that was
discovered by San Antonio police in a Wal-Mart parking lot
The driver was sentenced the following year to life in prison for his role in the smuggling operation.The post Dozens of migrants die in
truck in Texas first appeared on Ariana News.
