Illegal immigrants found locked in hot tractor-trailer in Edinburg, Texas
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More than a dozen illegal immigrants were discovered trapped inside a tractor-trailer in Texas on Sunday.
The Edinburg Police Department said 17 immigrants were in the back of the trailer, KRPC reported. The locked trailer was in the parking lot of a “Flying J” convenience store, according to Fox 8.
A man and woman who oversaw that trailer have been detained and the U.S. Border Patrol is investigating, according to reports.
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Officials said that the immigrants were from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Romania, KRPC added.
Police were notified by a worried family member in Mexico who reported that a relative was locked inside a trailer that was getting to hot for those inside.
The trailer was discovered just a month after ten people were found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio as part of what investigators called a botched smuggling mission. The driver of that trailer was charged and could face the death penalty if convicted.