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Six found dead in train boxcar in Texas: US media

By AFP
May 12, 2026
A freight train coming from Mexico crosses the border after six bodies were found on Sunday in a train boxcar, in Laredo, Texas, US, May 11, 2026.—Reuters
A freight train coming from Mexico crosses the border after six bodies were found on Sunday in a train boxcar, in Laredo, Texas, US, May 11, 2026.—Reuters

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.