Authorities announced Tuesday that three people are in custody after 50 illegal immigrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas, on Monday night.
On Tuesday morning, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed the death toll had risen to 50, saying that 22 of those who died were Mexican citizens, seven were from Guatemala, and two were from Honduras. It’s not yet clear where the other 19 were from.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told local media that three people who weren’t identified were in custody over the incident. It’s now being treated as a federal investigation, and the Department of Homeland Security is leading it, he said….