China News Agency, Washington, June 28 (Xinhua) In response to the death of immigrants in Texas on the 27th, US President Biden issued a statement on the 28th, saying that the tragedy of life was "horrific and heartbreaking", and the United States will be in the next few months. Intensify efforts to combat human smuggling.
U.S. law enforcement officers found the remains of 46 immigrants in the carriage of a large truck in San Antonio, Texas, on the 27th, and the death toll in the incident has risen to 51.
It was one of the worst immigrant deaths in the United States in recent years.
In his statement, Biden said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had led an investigation into the incident, and preliminary reports indicated the tragedy was caused by human traffickers.
Biden stressed that the incident underscores the need to crack down on criminal smuggling of people for immigration purposes.
The U.S. effort to combat people-smuggling "will only intensify" in the coming months.
US media reported that the temperature in San Antonio on the 27th was close to 38 degrees Celsius. There was no water in the compartment of the 18-wheeled truck, and the air conditioner was not working.
At least 16 people in the carriage were taken to a local hospital for heat stroke and dehydration, including four minors.
The driver of the truck and two other suspects from Mexico have been arrested, the Associated Press said.
The border between Texas and Mexico is more than 1,200 miles long.
If you start from San Antonio, you can reach the US-Mexico border in less than three hours along Interstate 35 near the site of the massacre.
In May, U.S. border agents arrested nearly 240,000 illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to U.S. government data.
This isn't the first immigration tragedy in San Antonio.
In 2017, 10 migrants died of heat stroke, suffocation and dehydration trapped in a truck in the city.
In 2003, the remains of 19 migrants were found in a sweltering truck in the southeast of the city.
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