Two Migrants Dead, 5 Airlifted in Railcar Smuggling Incident near Border in Texas

Two Migrants Dead, 5 Airlifted in Railcar Smuggling Incident near Border in Texas

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by BOB PRICE and RANDY CLARK 24 Mar 2023

Police responding to a 911 call from inside a rail car near Uvalde, Texas, on Friday evening found two migrants dead, according to law enforcement sources on the scene. Five additional migrants were unresponsive and had to be airlifted to San Antonio-area hospitals. Five other migrants were transported by ambulance to a local hospital.

UPDATE, 7:40 p.m.: Uvalde Police Department officials sent out an updated statement Friday evening. The statement reports a 911 caller stated numerous undocumented migrants were “suffocating” inside a train car.

Police contacted the Union Pacific Railroad who stopped the train near Knippa, Texas.

The statement updates earlier information obtained from Texas DPS and other law enforcement sources. The statement confirms the deaths of two migrants at the scene. Police report five additional migants were airlifted to San Antonio hospitals and five others were transported by ground to local area hospitals. The highway has been reopened to traffic.

Original Story Continues:

Law enforcement 991 operators in Uvalde County received an emergency call from a migrant located inside a rail car near Knippa, Texas, late Friday afternoon. Police, Border Patrol agents, and fire rescue teams responded to the location and began searching for the migrants believed to be trapped inside a sealed rail car, according to multiple sources not authorized to speak to the media.

The rescue teams eventually located the locked rail car by going car to car tapping on the sides of the cars until they received a response. First responders gained access to the trapped migrants. Multiple sources said two migrants were found dead at the scene and most of the remaining 14 migrants were unresponsive.

Four migrants were reportedly airlifted to San Antonio-area hospitals after being found unresponsive. Local ambulances transported the remaining migrants to local hospitals. The surviving migrants are in critical condition, Texas DPS spokesman, Lt. Chris Olivarez told Breitbart Texas. The Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation into the incident, Olivares added.

Police have closed the highway that runs along the rail line to process the scene.

Breitbart Texas reached out to Border Patrol officials for additional information regarding the migrant smuggling incident that appears to have claimed at least two lives.

Human smugglers frequently use rail cars to transport migrants from the border region to the interior of Texas and the United States. It is not uncommon for migrants to be injured or even die from this dangerous human smuggling tactic.

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Daniel Trotta
Fri, March 24, 2023 at 8:00 PM EDT



By Daniel Trotta


(Reuters) -Two suspected undocumented immigrants suffocated to death aboard a freight train and 10 others in need of medical care were taken by helicopter or ambulance to hospital on Friday in south Texas, police said.

Officials in Uvlade, Texas, received an anonymous emergency 911 call advising them that numerous immigrants were suffocating inside a train, Uvalde police said in a statement. At least 15 immigrants needed immediate medical attention, police said.

U.S. Border Patrol officials were notified and able to stop the train just east of Knippa, Texas, in Uvalde County, police said. Officials closed U.S. Highway 90 temporarily to land the helicopters.

Federal investigators were looking into the possibility of human smuggling, investigators with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.

The tragedy occurred near the site of a more grave incident last year, when 53 migrants died in the back of a tractor trailer amid the sweltering heat during a smuggling attempt.

Dozens of migrants were packed into the back of a truck found on the outskirts of San Antonio on June 27.

Two Americans have been indicted in federal court in that case and could face the death penalty if convicted. Two Mexicans have been charged with lesser crimes.

"We are heartbroken to learn of yet another tragic incident of migrants taking the dangerous journey," Homeland Security Secretary Alejando Mayorkas said on Twitter, vowing to work with local investigators to find those responsible.

"Smugglers are callous and only care about making a profit," Mayorkas said.

Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez suspected the migrants were dehydrated due to the heat of the train cars during warm weather, KSAT television reported.

"It's sad to see that so many undocumented immigrants were found in this condition, and two of them lost their lives. It's heartbreaking," KSAT quoted Rodriguez as saying.

The Union Pacific railroad would lead the investigation, Uvalde police said.

The Mexican consulate in Eagle Pass, Texas, said on Twitter it was aware of the incident and in communication with U.S. officials to determine if any of the victims were Mexican.

Homeland Security had yet to determine the nationalities of the victims or whether any families or children were among them, a department official with knowledge of the matter said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Knippa is about 72 miles (115 km) west of San Antonio and about 120 miles (190 km) from the Mexican border.

It is near the town of Uvalde, which was the scene of a mass shooting at an elementary school in May last year that killed 19 school children and two teachers.

(Reporting by Daniel Trotta, Brad Brooks, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke; Editing by Leslie Adler, Stephen Coates and Michael Perry)


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Send the bill to Biden, Harris, and Mayorkas! They are 100% responsible for this.

Slam that border shut and stop this carnage and destruction of our country.

Apply back home, get vetted, wait your turn like two billion people on the planet.

We are not the dumping ground for the entire world. This is costing us $200 BILLION a year out of our pockets!