The number of migrants found dead on Monday in an abandoned truck on a highway in the US city of San Antonio is 50, 22 of which are Mexican, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported Tuesday.
"It is a tremendous misfortune (…) so far there are 50 deceased: 22 from Mexico, 7 from Guatemala, two from Honduras and 19 still without information about their nationality"said the Mexican president in his morning press conference.
On his Twitter account, the Mexican foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, shared this balance and assured that it is "Texas information provided by authorities" from the United States.
The discovery of the bodies, inside and outside the vehicle, occurred on Monday afternoon and according to the San Antonio fire department Until the night there were 46 victims. Another 16 migrants who were traveling in the truck and who were found alive, including four children, were taken to hospitals.
"These events unfortunately (…) have to do with the situation of poverty, desperation of Central American brothers, of Mexicans"Lopez Obrador added.
The president also expressed his condolences and assured that his government will carry out the investigations that correspond to it and will provide assistance for the transfer of the bodies.
The president acknowledged that the controls on the common border and within the United States failed.
San Antonio, located about 250 km from the border, is a main route for smugglers.
The city has also been hit by a recent record heat wave. On Monday a temperature of 39.5 ºC was recorded.
The vehicle It was found on a road near the I-35 highway, a route that crosses the United States from south to north, from the Mexican border to the Canadian border.
