Seventh body found in border container case as ICE opens smuggling probe
TL;DR
A seventh body was found nearly 150 miles north of the Laredo site and is believed connected to six people who died of heat stroke inside a shipping container near the Mexico border; ICE has opened a human-smuggling probe, autopsies indicate heat-related deaths, and authorities say more people could have been inside the container.
Topics:nationcrime#crime#heat-stroke#human-smuggling#ice-investigation#shipping-container-deaths#texas
- Texas sheriff says 7th body could be tied to shipping container deaths, as ICE opens human smuggling probe CBS News
- Heat stroke is suspected among 6 found dead in a shipping container at a rail yard near Texas border CNN
- 6 Bodies Found in a Boxcar in Texas, Officials Say The New York Times
- Body found near Bexar County railroad believed to be connected to Laredo boxcar deaths, sheriff says KSAT
- Six people found dead inside train car at rail yard near Texas-Mexico border The Guardian
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