Honduras teen among 6 victims found inside cargo train boxcar in Texas - BERITAJA

The six group whose remains were discovered successful a cargo train boxcar successful South Texas were identified arsenic Mexican and Honduran nationals, officials said Monday night.

The Laredo Police Department was called to a Union Pacific train connected Sunday day aft an worker reported a “trailer container car pinch the find of aggregate casualties successful the car.”

The victims person been identified arsenic 5 males and 1 female, ranging successful property from 14 to 56, according to the Webb County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Two are from Honduras, a 14-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man, the aesculapian examiner said. The 3 known Mexican victims are a woman, 29, and 2 men, 45 and 56.

“Following first examinations, it has been wished that the female unfortunate succumbed to hyperthermia,” Webb County Medical Examiner Corinne Stern said successful the Monday nighttime news release. “While general examinations for the remaining 5 individuals are still pending, it is highly probable that hyperthermia was the origin of decease for the full group.”

The merchandise added that the remaining exams would beryllium completed connected Tuesday. The property and nationalist root of the sixth victim, a male, were not instantly available.

“The Webb County Medical Examiner’s Office is moving successful adjacent coordination pinch the Mexican Consulate to facilitate connection pinch the families of the deceased, guarantee affirmative identification, and assistance successful the repatriation process arsenic efficiently arsenic possible,” the merchandise added.

Police said that a seventh person recovered dormant adjacent railroad tracks successful San Antonio connected Monday is believed to beryllium connected to the victims recovered connected the train.

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said Monday that the seventh personification whitethorn person fallen disconnected the train aliases been thrown out, which is why he was recovered successful San Antonio, about 160 miles northeast of Laredo. The sheriff identified him only arsenic a male.

“At this point, the prevailing mentation is that he’s a resident of Mexico that was among the group that was being smuggled into the state successful 1 of these shipping containers,” Salazar said astatine a Monday news conference.

The separator municipality of Laredo is 1 of Texas’ largest ports of introduction from Mexico.