Texas : eight dead and 28 wounded found in a trailer truck

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Sunday, 23 July, 2017 05:43

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Sunday, 23 July, 2017 05:43

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Eight dead and 28 wounded, were found Sunday inside a trailer truck parked in a parking lot in San Antonio, a city close to the mexican border in Texas, authorities said.

The injured, including 20 seriously, have been hospitalized, according to the local police chief, William McManus, and the fire department.

8 people dead, 28 others hospitalized after discovered in tractor trailer https://t.co/Xns2KqLGgj pic.twitter.com/HXiuecqZAW

— News 4 San Antonio (@News4SA) July 23, 2017

“This seems to be a traffic in human beings”, said the head of the police, speaking of the horror scene was found in the truck, but stating also that the security videos of the parking lot showed that the vehicles had previously come in search of some people hidden in the trailer and who were alive.

It was impossible to tell at first how many people had been transported in the trailer. San Antonio is a few hours drive of the border with Mexico. The time these days in the region was warm and sec.

The press conference of the police in San Antonio: