Six bodies were discovered Sunday inside a Union Pacific boxcar near Laredo, Texas, prompting an ongoing investigation. Authorities have not released details on the victims or cause of death.
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Two migrants were found dead and at least 10 hospitalized after police in South Texas received a call that they were “suffocating” in a freight train near the U.S.-Mexico border. The train was stopped by US Border Patrol near the town of Knippa, northeast of Uvalde, and Union Pacific is working with local law enforcement and the Border Patrol to investigate the incident. The identities of the deceased and the hospitalized individuals have not been released and the cause of death is still under investigation.