Two suspected illegal immigrants died aboard a freight train in south Texas on Friday, police said.
Ten others found on the train were in need of medical care and were transported to the hospital by ambulance or helicopter, they added.
The Uvalde Police Department said in a statement posted on Facebook that officials received an anonymous 911 call around 3:50 p.m. saying people were “suffocating” inside a train traveling near the U.S.–Mexico border.
U.S. Border Patrol officials were notified and proceeded to stop the train, which was at the time 2-3 miles east of Knippa, in Uvalde County. Knippa is less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the U.S.–Mexico border….