Federal Agents Investigate Deaths of Six in Texas Shipping Container as Potential Human Smuggling
Federal agents are investigating the deaths of at least six individuals found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The incident is being treated as a potential human smuggling event. The bodies were discovered by a Union Pacific employee, and a seventh body was found near railroad tracks outside San Antonio, Texas, which may be connected to the case. Dr. Corinne Stern, the Webb County medical examiner, has conducted autopsies and determined that a 29-year-old Mexican woman died of hyperthermia, or heatstroke. The other victims are also believed to have died from heatstroke, but further autopsies are pending. Identification cards and cellphones found at the scene suggest the deceased may be from Mexico and Honduras. Homeland Security Investigations, along with local law enforcement, is actively investigating the case. 
