{"id":1530349,"date":"2022-06-28T10:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530349"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:49:48","slug":"three-people-taken-into-custody-after-deadliest-smuggling-incident-in-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-people-taken-into-custody-after-deadliest-smuggling-incident-in-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Three People Taken Into Custody After Deadliest Smuggling Incident In American History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthree-people-taken-into-custody-after-deadliest-smuggling-incident-in-american-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530349&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Three people have been taken into police custody after the bodies of at least 46 illegal immigrants were found smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, the deadliest smuggling incident in American history.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: At least 46 people are found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SanAntonio?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SanAntonio<\/a>, Texas, with more than a dozen others hospitalized. Authorities revealing the horrific conditions found inside. Breaking new details \u2013 Tonight at 11 from ABC7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q9liJ9Ngun\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q9liJ9Ngun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DM6nWHqsxZ\">pic.twitter.com\/DM6nWHqsxZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7\/status\/1541646423938043904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Death toll rises: 50 dead after truck of immigrants found on San Antonio\u2019s Southwest Side <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wqsQedqTRr\">https:\/\/t.co\/wqsQedqTRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Antonio Express-News (@ExpressNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExpressNews\/status\/1541783636361486339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, citing information provided by U.S. authorities, said the death toll was at least 50, including 22 Mexican citizens, seven Guatemalan citizens and two Honduran citizens,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/46-people-found-dead-18-wheeler-san-antonio\/story?id=85820560\">ABC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForty-eight people died on the scene, and two died at hospitals, the federal law enforcement official told CNN on Tuesday, noting the toll is preliminary,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/27\/us\/san-antonio-migrants-found-truck\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> stated, adding, \u201cHigh temperatures Monday in the San Antonio area ranged from the high 90s to low 100s,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/product.php?issuedby=EWX&#038;product=RTP&#038;site=ewx\">according to<\/a>\u00a0the National Weather Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>16 people in the truck, which was found near Interstate 95, survived and were taken for medical treatment. The deadliest human smuggling incident prior to Monday occurred on May 13, 2003, when 18 migrants died, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/US\/Southwest\/05\/15\/truck.bodies\/\">according<\/a> to a CNN article from the time.<\/p>\n<p>The dead bodies \u00a0\u201cwere hot to the touch,\u201d San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood stated, adding, \u201cThere were no signs of water in the vehicle, and no visible working AC unit on that rig.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy,\u201d San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg echoed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/06\/27\/migrants-dead-texas\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>, which noted, \u201cThe deaths come amid a surge in migration at the border, with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2022\/06\/16\/united-states-border-immigration-arrests\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_18\">latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a>\u00a0figures showing that immigration arrests there in May rose to the highest levels ever recorded. \u2026 The agency is on pace to surpass the record 1.73 million border arrests tallied in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truck had U.S. and Texas Department of Transportation registration numbers on the cab,\u201d The Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHorrified at this tragic loss of life near San Antonio,\u201d U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus stated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBPChrisMagnus\/status\/1541736131267596288\">tweet<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cThis speaks to the desperation of migrants who would put their lives in the hands of callous human smugglers who show no regard for human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs temperatures start to rise in the summer, human smugglers will continue to exploit vulnerable populations and recklessly endanger the lives of migrants for financial gain,\u201d Magnus said prior to the incident. \u201cThe terrain along the Southwest border is extreme, the summer heat is severe, and the miles of desert that migrants must hike after crossing the border are unforgiving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate to say this, but some of these kids are rented out by parents who can\u2019t afford to pay the coyotes to the cartels,\u201d Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biggs-warns-migrant-deaths-border-summer-months-overrun-right-now\">said<\/a>. \u201cSo they let their kids be used over and over again to create these false family units. All of that horrific inhumanity that goes on when you don\u2019t secure your border.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been taken into police custody after the bodies of at least 46 illegal immigrants were found smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, the deadliest smuggling incident in American history. #BREAKING: At least 46 people are found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in #SanAntonio, Texas, with more &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1530384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1530349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1530349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1530384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}