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Heatstroke suspected after six people found dead in shipping container in Texas rail yard

The Independent·The Associated Press·21 days ago
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Six bodies were found on Sunday in a train boxcar at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, ⁠according to police. Heat stroke may have led to the death of all six people, who are believed to be immigrants, according to a South Texas medical examiner. The people were found as workers were inspecting one of the containers, said Jose Baeza, a spokesperson for the Laredo Police Department. Five men and one woman were discovered, Baeza told reporters. Dr. Corinne Stern, the Webb County Medical Examiner, is conducting autopsies and has completed one for a 29-year-old Mexican woman who died of hyperthermia, or heat stroke. “I’ve ruled that an accidental death,” she said. “I believe that the remaining individuals probably all succumbed to heat stroke as well, but their exams are not completed at this time, so I will not rule on their cause and manner yet.” Stern found identification cards and cellphones that indicate the deceased may be from Mexico and Honduras, but fingerprints were taken and shared with U.S.…

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