Six migrants die of heat in a Texas container, triggering a smuggling investigation

Authorities say six people believed to be migrants died of hyperthermia after being found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Texas–Mexico border in Laredo; a seventh body found near San Antonio may be connected. Autopsies are underway, with officials treating the incident as a potential human-smuggling event and noting IDs suggesting origins in Mexico and Honduras. The case is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the Laredo Police Department, and Texas Rangers, with Union Pacific cooperating.