HOUSTON: Six people were found dead on Monday in a cargo train boxcar in southern Texas, US media reported.
The bodies were discovered at a rail yard near the US-Mexico border by an employee for Union Pacific, a freight-hauling railroad company, the Laredo Police Department said, according to the New York Times. Police were investigating how the individuals died, the Times said. “It´s a very unfortunate event ... It was too many lives that were lost,” Jose Espinoza, a public information officer with the police, said, according to CNN.