6 people, including teen, found dead inside shipping container at Texas rail yard: Officials

"Six people, including a teenager, were found dead inside a shipping container at a Texas rail yard near the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said. A seventh person who was found dead along train tracks in an area outside San Antonio is also believed to have been part of the same group in what is a suspected smuggling incident, authorities said."

"The six bodies were discovered Sunday at the Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, police said. An employee at the rail yard called police after discovering the bodies during a routine rail car inspection, police said. The victims include a 14-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man from Honduras, as well as a 29-year-old woman and two men -- aged 45 and 56 -- from Mexico, according to the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office."

"So far, the woman has been confirmed to have died from hyperthermia, according to the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office, which said it is "highly probable that hyperthermia was the cause of death for the entire group.""

"Salazar said the shipping containers can only be opened from the outside, and that sensors go off when they are opened. He said the train is believed to have originated in Del Rio, Texas, where the sensor did go off, presumably to load people"

Six people were found dead inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, after a routine rail car inspection. The victims included a 14-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man from Honduras, along with a 29-year-old woman and two men aged 45 and 56 from Mexico. The Webb County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the woman died from hyperthermia and said it is highly probable hyperthermia caused death for the entire group. A seventh person was found dead near train tracks in Bexar County, about 150 miles north of Laredo, and is believed to be part of the same group. Authorities are determining whether death occurred inside the container or from a fall, and noted containers can only be opened from the outside with sensors triggering when opened.

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