Mexico returns 8 bodies of migrants in Texas truck tragedy

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican air drive aircraft landed at an airport close to Mexico Metropolis on Wednesday, bearing eight our bodies of the 53 migrants who have been discovered useless in a truck in Texas final month.

They have been the primary to be returned of the 26 Mexicans amongst those that died of warmth and dehydration inside a locked truck trailer deserted by smugglers on the outskirts of San Antonio on June 27. Temperatures that day approached 100 levels Fahrenheit (38 levels Celsius).

Mexico’s International Affairs Ministry mentioned in an announcement Wedesday night that the army aircraft was making a second journey to San Antonio on Wednesday to recuperate eight extra victims. In complete, the federal government deliberate to return the our bodies of 25 of the 26 Mexican victims, in accordance with their households’ needs, the assertion mentioned.

Those that died within the truck included individuals from the states of Guanajuato, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Mexico, Zacatecas, Queretaro, Morelos and Mexico Metropolis.

Migrants from Honduras and Guatemala additionally have been amongst those that died within the deadliest recognized smuggling try in the US.

In 2017, 10 individuals died after being trapped inside a truck parked at a San Antonio Walmart. In 2003, the our bodies of 19 migrants have been present in a sweltering truck southeast of town.