Deadly Texas smuggling operation left victims
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Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people in connection with a human smuggling operation that left seven migrants, including a minor, dead inside a sealed shipping container aboard a freight train in Laredo,
The rumor spread online after deadly floods swept across the Lone Star State in July 2026.
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Federal prosecutors indict 11 in smuggling deaths of 7 migrants in Texas rail cargo container
Six people were found dead inside a shipping container in Laredo, and another had been left for dead along the tracks.
Laredo Mayor Dr. Victor Trevino urged federal officials to review the government's buoy deployment program following the recent flooding, according to a letter sent Friday to Rep. Henry Cuellar.
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Six migrants, including a 14-year-old boy, were found dead inside a train boxcar Sunday in Laredo, Texas, authorities said Thursday. Three of the victims were Mexican, and the other three were either known to be or believed to be Honduran, officials from ...
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Eleven people have been charged with causing the deaths of seven migrants by trapping them inside a cargo container in sweltering Texas heat
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