At least 51 people died and several others remained hospitalized Tuesday after an abandoned tractor-trailer was found in San Antonio amid sweltering heat, in what officials are calling likely the nation's deadliest smuggling incident on record.
The driver of the truck and two other people were arrested, according to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas. He said the truck had passed through a Border Patrol checkpoint northeast of Laredo, Texas, on Interstate 35. Cuellar didn’t know if migrants were inside the truck when it cleared the checkpoint.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the victims had "families who were likely trying to find a better life."
The International Organization for Migration, which is part of the United Nations, said 651 people died attempting to cross the U.S.- Mexico border in 2021 — the largest number since 2014.
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