The temperature on Monday in the city had topped 100 degrees. San Antonio and other cities across Texas have been experiencing heat in June that is at or near record levels. Officials did not say how the people had died, but suggested that the extreme heat had been a cause. They show the deadly consequences of his refusal to enforce the law.” “They are a result of his deadly open border policies. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said in a short statement on Twitter. “The plight of migrants seeking refuge is always a humanitarian crisis,” said San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. The closest border crossing is roughly 140 miles away. All of the victims were believed to have crossed into the United States illegally and been brought north. State officials in Texas, already managing record levels of migrant crossings from Mexico, have been bracing for a new surge this spring and summer. The fire chief, Charles Hood, said the people who were transported to hospitals were “hot to the touch” and appeared to be suffering from “heat stroke, heat exhaustion.” The truck, though designed to be refrigerated, had “no visible, working A/C unit,” he said. Most of the bodies, which included men and women, were found inside of the truck at around 6 p.m., though at least one was outside of the vehicle. The truck was discovered by a worker from a nearby business who “heard a cry for help and came out to investigate,” said Chief McManus, adding that the worker had found the doors of the trailer partially open and found a number of bodies inside. Chief McManus did not say if the driver was among those detained. Earlier in the day, officers had been searching for the driver of the vehicle, who appeared to have abandoned the truck sometime before it was discovered in a remote area near railroad tracks and auto salvage yards southwest of downtown. The chief of the San Antonio Police Department, William McManus, said three people had been taken into custody. “But tonight we are dealing with a horrific human tragedy.” “The plight of migrants seeking refuge is always a humanitarian crisis,” Mayor Ron Nirenberg of San Antonio told reporters late Monday.
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