By Angelica Casas in San Antonio & Leo Sands BBC News Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Emergency groups reacted to the parked automobile at 18: 00 regional (23: 00 GMT) on Monday At least 46 individuals haveactually been discovered dead in an deserted truck on the borders of San Antonio, Texas. A fire authorities stated 16 individuals, consistingof 4 kids, had likewise been taken to healthcarefacility. The survivors were “hot to the touch” and suffering from heat stroke and heat fatigue. San Antonio, which is 250km (150 miles) from the US-Mexico border, is a significant transit path for individuals smugglers. Human traffickers typically usage trucks to transportation undocumented migrants after conference them in remote locations assoonas they have handled to cross into the United States. “They had households… and were mostlikely attempting to discover a muchbetter life,” San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg stated. “It’s absolutelynothing brief of a dreadful, human catastrophe.” Image caption, Emergency services atfirst reacted to reports of a dead body Officials stated a city employee had found the scene after hearing weeps for aid. Emergency responders atfirst gothere at the scene at about 18: 00 regional time (23: 00 GMT), San Antonio fire chief Charles Hood informed pressreporters. “We’re not expected to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. None of us come to work picturing that,” he stated. He included that the lorry, which hadactually been deserted by its chauffeur, had no working air conditioning and there was no drinking water inside it. San Antonio’s environment is blisteringly hot in the summertime months, with temperaturelevels there reaching 39.4C (103F) on Monday, and it is presumed that the victims mostlikely passedaway from heat fatigue and dehydration. Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, stated that 2 Guatemalans were amongst those taken to healthcarefacility. The citizenships of the other victims were not rightaway clear. Three individuals are being held in custo
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