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A memorial honoring the 53 migrants who were killed in a 2022 smuggling tragedy along Quintana Road was vandalized, according to San Antonio police.
Officials are seeking answers after a memorial honoring the 53 migrants who were killed in a 2022 smuggling tragedy along Quintana Road was vandalized.
Elliott Woods, a writer with Texas Monthly magazine, appeared on the 6 O’Clock News on Wednesday to discuss his reporting on the 2022 San Antonio migrant smuggling tragedy.
Testimony began Tuesday for two men accused of being key figures in a human smuggling operation linked to what federal officials have called the deadliest case of human trafficking incident in U.S. history.
On June 27, 2022, 53 people were killed in a semitrailer smuggling incident that San Antonio Police Chief William McManus called the largest mass casualty event in San Antonio that he could remember.
A 48-year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to driving the tractor-trailer that was used in the deadly smuggling case in 2022.
A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty this week for his role in a tractor-trailer smuggling case that killed 53 people in San Antonio in 2022.
A 31-year-old man pleaded guilty on Thursday to his involvement in a tractor-trailer smuggling case that killed 53 people in San Antonio in 2022.
Four Mexican nationals have been arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation that killed 53 people one year ago in San Antonio.
This Thursday marks four months since a tractor-trailer full of bodies was discovered on Quintana Road. The Honduran mother of two migrants that died was set to be in San Antonio this weekend, but she said her visa was later revoked.
The last Quintana Road tractor-trailer incident survivor who was being treated at University Hospital for nearly two months was released Friday, according to officials.
A Mexican air force plane has landed at an airport near Mexico City bearing eight bodies of the 53 migrants who were found dead in a truck in Texas last month.
Mexico’s Air Force began repatriating people who died in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio last month, according to REFORMA Nacional.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar spoke to White House officials on Wednesday after penning a letter asking for more resources and action following the migrant tragedy in San Antonio that claimed 53 lives.
More than a week after the San Antonio migrant tragedy that claimed the lives of 53 people, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office is releasing some of their identities.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Tuesday that all the fatality victims of the migrant tragedy have potentially been identified.
Authorities have released the names of two children who were among the dozens of people killed after being left in an abandoned tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side last Monday in San Antonio.
The man accused of driving a tractor-trailer where dozens of migrants were found dead and injured on the city’s Southwest Side had no idea that the truck’s air conditioning unit was not working, according to a federal criminal complaint filed this week in the investigation.
Six of the 53 people who died after being left in an abandoned tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side have been “conclusively” identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said he requested meetings with federal authorities, including President Joe Biden, following the deaths of 53 migrants in San Antonio earlier this week.
First responders with the San Antonio Fire Department recalled the “horrific scene” they arrived at Monday on the Southwest Side, where dozens of migrants died as they were left inside a sweltering trailer.
The Texas Department of Public Safety will create and monitor new checkpoints for trucks entering from Mexico after dozens of migrants died in an abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday.
San Antonio’s mayor joined several dozen people who said they wanted to honor the 51 migrants who died Monday on the city’s southwest side.
A Mexican immigration official says that in the chaotic minutes after dozens of migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer sweltering in the Texas heat, the driver tried to slip away by pretending to be one of the survivors.
Several people were united in grief at Pearsall Park on Tuesday night, not too far from where dozens of migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday asking for more resources and a meeting with him, describing a humanitarian crisis that his office needs help with and pointing to Monday’s migrant tragedy as the latest reason.
Officials with the Mexican Consulate in San Antonio provided an update Tuesday after the deaths of 51 people who were found inside a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side.
County Judge Nelson Wolff, County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores and University Health CEO George Hernandez will brief the public about how the county is responding to this tragedy.
At least two candlelight and prayer vigils are being held around the city Tuesday evening for the victims of the San Antonio migrant tragedy.
Pope Francis asked for people to “pray together” for the migrants who died after they were abandoned in a sweltering trailer in San Antonio on Monday.
Radio chatter from emergency responders is giving a more in-depth look at the mass casualty event where a large number of migrants were discovered in a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio.
Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America are seeking word of their loved ones as authorities begin identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat.
More than 50 migrants died after they were left in a tractor-trailer on a Southwest Side road — a “horrific human tragedy” that’s being called the largest mass casualty event in San Antonio history, authorities said.
Nearly four dozen migrants were found dead in an overheated tractor trailer on an industrial road in south San Antonio Monday. Many of them had been sprinkled with steak seasoning in a possible attempt by smugglers to ward off authorities, law enforcement officials said.
Both the San Antonio Archdiocese and Franciscan priests called on the community to unite in prayer and support after nearly 50 people were found dead in a trailer on the Southwest Side late Monday night.
Local officials said the victims were piled into a trailer on the side of a secluded road and discovered by a nearby worker, who heard cries for help.
Authorities say 50 people have died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer in the sweltering Texas heat, one of the worst tragedies to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. The deaths were the latest in what has become a global series of mass deaths occurring during human trafficking attempts.
Forty-six people were found dead in a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, and 16 have been transported to area hospitals, according to San Antonio police and fire officials.
The public health order that expels migrants to Mexico was launched early in the pandemic, and the Biden administration’s intention to end it has sparked a legal battle.
