More than 40 people were found dead in an American truck

More than 40 people were found dead in a truck near San Antonio, Texas, in the United States, on Monday (27).

Governor Greg Abbott said there were 42 dead.

The initial hypothesis is that the victims are immigrants, according to the “New York Times”. Everyone on the trailer is believed to have entered the United States illegally.

In addition to the dead, 12 others were found alive and taken to district hospitals, according to local government officials.

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that the Mexican consul is heading to the scene and that the nationality of the victims is unknown.

The truck was near a railway track and lots of abandoned cars.

San Antonio police are looking for the driver of the car. Apparently, he abandoned the truck. The US Department of Homeland Security took over the investigation.

Police cars near the truck where more than 40 bodies were found in the United States, on June 27, 2022 – Photo: Kylie Greenley Bell/Reuters

It is not yet known how the people died. There is a heat wave in this region of Texas – this Monday, a temperature of 39.4 ° C was recorded.