Forty-six people were found dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer that was abandoned on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the US Sixteen people were hospitalized, including four children.
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It's among the deadliest tragedies to have claimed thousands of lives of people attempting to cross the US border from Mexico in recent decades.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said the 46 who died had "families who were likely trying to find a better life."
"This is nothing short of a horrific human tragedy," Nirenberg said.
