American immigration tragedy: At least 46 people died in the truck, the local temperature was nearly 40 ° C, and it was suspected to be hot

According to reports on the 27th local time of multiple law enforcement departments, at the San Antonio, San Antonio, USA, at least 46 corpses were found in a suspected abandoned truck, and 16 people, including children, were sent to local hospitals. It is reported that the number of deaths may continue to rise.

↑ The scene of the incident

The local law enforcement department said that there may be nearly 100 people on the truck, of which "about half" had died. It is reported that these deaths entered the United States from illegally crossing Mexico. Mexico said that the country's consuls are going to the place near San Antonio, and the current nationality of the deceased is unclear.

The incident area is called "the end of the immigration"

It is reported that the incident is about 140 miles (about 225 kilometers) from the nearest border port. Local media pointed out that this may be a "population smuggling case." It is not clear for the specific causes of these people's deaths for the time being, but some reports have pointed out that the local outdoor temperature was as high as 103 (about 39 ° C), and the temperature in the carriage was much higher than the outdoor temperature. The local police station said that these people lack water and air conditioners, and some survivors were hot.

According to a committee of the National Medical Inspection Association, corpses with a temperature of reaching or exceeding 105 (about 40 ° C) at the time of death should be proven to be hot death. It is reported that in 2017, it was also in San Antonio. 10 immigrants died in a truck with 39 people under the high temperature in the summer.

The report pointed out that as the temperature rises, immigrants near the US -Mexico border are more likely to heat stroke, dehydration and death. It is said that the Federal Immigration Department staff is rushing to the ground. Sources said that the number of ambulances at the scene came in and out, and the US border patrol staff had also arrived at the scene.

↑ The US media said that the deceased was believed to be an illegal immigration

According to reports, the truck was discovered next to a remote rail. The local staff heard the call for help, which attracted the attention of the police. Subsequently, an first aid personnel walked along the railway with a thermal imaging instrument, searching for more people in the nearby area. A person in charge of a charity said that he was shocked after hearing the news and was working hard to help the survivors.

Ruby, a resident near the incident, said that the area has always been called "the foothold of immigrants." "They (immigrants involved) should have just arrived here. I see them carrying their backpacks and asking for food or funds. This is sad. I even heard that there are many children in this wave of people." Ruby said.

Ruby's husband added that these immigrants knew that the area would usually jump out of the car and be picked up. According to reports, once these immigrants enter the United States, the population smugglers will connect to them in a remote place, and use trailers and trucks to transport people away. Some immigrants advocate that San Antonio is actually a "transit station" from the state to the United States. In recent months, tens of thousands of immigrants have passed the city.

Since the beginning of this year, the illegal immigration record of the southern border of the United States

According to US federal officials, the number of illegal immigrants across the southern border since this year has set a record. Last month, there were more than 44,000 people near the small area of ​​Dezhou border, Delrio and "Yingguan". The area was the nearest border city to San Antonio. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrad said that the country's consuls are heading to the place near San Antonio, Texas, and the nationality of the deceased is not clear for the time being.

According to reports, Dezhou officials have already managed a record -based "Mexican immigration transit" and prepared for the new round of immigration. Graig Abert, Governor of the Republican Party, said on a social platform, saying: "These deaths are the responsibility of Biden, and the result of his fatal open border policy."

↑ Igelpas, the border city of Dezhou, the US, the patrol staff are on the edge of the new border wall

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Trump administration has quoted the relevant provisions of public health, social welfare and citizen rights in the "American Code", refused to accept the shelter application of adult people in most Mexico and China and America, and returned them to Mexico. Or the country. The Biden government decided to abolish the deporting order at the end of May. The United States Republicans and some intermediates of the United States believe that the number of immigrants of US -Mexico border immigrants will rise once abolished, and border guards are not ready to deal with.

In fact, Abert has challenged the border policy of the Biden government several times. According to Xinhua News Agency, Abert transported a whole car Latin America "shelter applicant" to the capital Washington. To allow the state government to "do not understand" the president of the southern border, Biden and the Democratic government led by its leadership " Take a look. " Earlier, he also ordered the State Public Safety Bureau to strengthen a safety inspection of commercial trucks from Mexico's entry in the border, aiming to "curb drugs, population traffickers, illegal immigration, weapons and other prohibited products."

Red Star News reporter Li Jinrui

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