The death toll in the human smuggling operation involving a tractor trailer filled with illegal aliens has risen to 51 people. Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon said on Twitter that among the victims were 22 Mexican nationals, seven Guatemalans and two Hondurans.
TEXAS – […] Bexar County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores said the death toll has risen to 51 people during a press conference Tuesday afternoon. Initially, 46 people were found dead in the trailer Monday and 16 people were hospitalized, authorities said.
The death count was the highest ever from a smuggling incident in the United States, according to Craig Larrabee, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio.
“This is a horror that surpasses anything we’ve experienced before,” said San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. “And it’s sadly a preventable tragedy.”
The Baptist Health System in San Antonio received five patients and two have since died, spokesperson Natalie Gutierrez told USA TODAY. She said three remained in critical condition.
Two people were taken to University Hospital in San Antonio, including an adolescent male and a 23-year-old woman, the University Health System said on Twitter. Both were in critical condition. (read more)
Press Conference:
The White House released the following statement:
The tragic loss of life in San Antonio, Texas that took place yesterday is horrifying and heartbreaking. Our prayers are with those who lost their lives, their loved ones, as well as those still fighting for their lives. As always, I am grateful for the swift work of all of the Federal, state, and local first responders.
While we are still learning all the facts about what happened and the Department of Homeland Security has the lead for the investigation, initial reports are that this tragedy was caused by smugglers or human traffickers who have no regard for the lives they endanger and exploit to make a profit.
This incident underscores the need to go after the multi-billion dollar criminal smuggling industry preying on migrants and leading to far too many innocent deaths. In Los Angeles two weeks ago, I announced that the United States has launched a first-of-its kind anti-smuggling campaign with our regional partners. In the first three months, we have made over 2,400 arrests, and that work will only intensify in the months ahead.
Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy, and my Administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking to enter the United States between ports of entry. (link)
White House Spokesperson Karine Jeane-Pierre was questioned about the events and delivered a weird response claiming the border is closed:
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, 46 people died — right? — in the state of Texas, and so — and others, as I just mentioned, are still fighting for their lives.
So we’re still learning their names. Their families are still learning they lost loved ones, as when a tragic situation normally happens. We’re focused on them, on the facts, and holding the human strugglers [smugglers] who endangered vulnerable individual — individuals for profits accountable.
And we’re — and we’re focused on continuing our historic actions to disrupt dangerous smuggling networks, including through a new anti-smuggling campaign that just in the first two months resulted in over 1,800 arrests. But the fact of the matter is the border is closed, which is in part why you see people trying to make this dangerous journey using smuggling networks. (read more)
Which one are you Karine?
Clueless hack?
or,
Obnoxious liar?
Six of one, half dozen of the other.
Both.
Democrats are an interesting combination of both — and cowardly too…
I’d say both……
And in spades.
A young and fresh clueless hack placed in a position almost guaranteed to turn her into the latter. She is in that metamorphosis stage now.
Both as circumstance dictates, and shameless to boot.
A seared conscience is all but certain, and begs whether she’s got a soul at all.
Embrace the awesome power of “and.”
It’s the new “ uh”
Besides that
– it sounds so inclusive
Both.
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She’s the historic black lesbian.
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You forgot immigrant!
The only thing that exceeds Biden’s stupidity and insanity is his depravity. .
All three are bottomless, without end.
The disconnect is appalling, and the propaganda news mill media continues to carry the water of these monsters.
And look at what they spend their time in Congress these days.
Everyone suffers in Joe Biden’s dystopian America.
Good point there.
Everyone but the elite
Yes and the suffering and death on all fronts is the consequence of a stolen “election”.
There is so much evidence of evil in our Western societies.
This tragedy is sadly not new, Europe has significant issues with illegals being smuggled across the continent and into “ more accommodating nations” like the U.K.
Where they too have had similar tragedies.
I declare myself no longer governable.
The borders closed? I guess those wanting to come here illegally didnt get the memo.
When did the current USA president and others (senators and house reps, ever announce the Southern Border of the USA was closed? I must have missed that over these last many months?
you did…..Mayorkas and his lieutenants have been telling Congress that for months now
So – at least the border is closed……….
Yes. I heard about that….
When do communists ever tell the truth?
Usually only once – right before they execute you – they tell you that you are going to die.
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Nnn no.
The closed border did this!
The closed border forced the smugglers to do this, and forced the smuggled to get into a trailer to come into the U.S. illegally. And. Do. Not. Forget. It is Trump’s fault.
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22 Mexican nationals, seven Guatemalans and two Hondurans does not equal 51….
What are they not admitting?
Yes, that adds up to 31, who are the other 20?
The other “victims” would be terrorists from the middle east the Demented Fraud administration wants to pretend aren’t flooding in.
Perhaps children???
Yes, it was amazing how fast DHS swooped in and took over the “investigation”.
These deaths are just the cost of doing business as far as the UniParty is concerned.
Move along, nothing to see here…
1800 + arrests in 2 months! So, about 1 or two percent then?
Barbaric Border Biden. FJB did it.
What these people endured, knowing they were left and would die, suffering unimaginably is more than I can think of.
There will eventually be a terrible reckoning for those who left them and an even greater one for those who are now denying they enabled it but in fact are guilty of wanton murder.
Unfortunately, I wouldn’t count on it.
How did the truck get through?
It may have been a used for individuals who made it across individually, or in small groups. A pre determined pick up point,etc.
Think we will have to wait for more information.
If Abbott had not caved on the detailed safety checks (of vehicles at the border), this would have not happened, too.
I’m waiting for her to blame Trump and Bush.
Part of the illegal immigration IS Bushes fault. He is a globalist and for open borders and amnesty.
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3887721
Only PT. Bush one of their own now.
51 horrific deaths due to Biden’s open border policy.
Border Hawk News
is an immigration / invasion news aggregate site
https://borderhawk.news
Good website!
Thanks for sharing!
From some of the stories…it looks like the Texas area is “hot”.
Lots of illegals swarming the border.
What has been known to happen is when it becomes “hot”…they move to another area.
Will not be surprised to see more activity on AZ Border.
Different cartels operate in different areas.
And smuggling is a money maker for cartels and coyotes. Lots of money!
This reminds me of “never let a crisis go to waste”…. Why do I get the feeling this will lead to “we must do something”??? Will the same 14 Rhino’s sign on to an Amensty ‘Bill’ that has been pre-written and ready to go??? A ‘Bill’ that wasn’t wriiten by Congress and that no Congressman has read……Just like the recent Gun ‘Grabbing’ Bill….
I predicted they would as soon as they passed their gun grab and I guarantee you they will certainly try.
But the fact of the matter is the border is closed, which is in part why you see people trying to make this dangerous journey using smuggling networks.
TRANSLATION: We do not have the open free-for-all border welcoming anyone and everyone to enter the United States as they wish, therefore they are taking tremendous risks to enter using smuggling networks instead.
ADDENDUM: Therefore we facilitate tragedies of this nature in order to exploit them to push for fully open borders.
(Not Sarc, only semi-speculative)
Next Biden will be sending planes down there to fly them to the city of their choice so they don’t have to edure this long and dangerous journey. After Afghanistan nothing would surprise me.
NGOs greased with regime funds are facilitating folks getting to the Darien Gap from around the world already.
Nothing would surprise me.
Oh the border is closed to unfriendly reporters, Republicans, and anybody who is critical of this moronic, lawless, deceptive, destructive, globalist, and oh-so-0bama-esque administration.
“Our thoughts & prayers…” “Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy…”
So thoughts & prayers for dead illegal alien squatters is ✅ & for the victims of mass shootings… not so much. For them you must give up your God given rights but do not ask demoncraps to give up their welfare recipients or the oligarchs to give up their taxpayer funded consumers, renters & school/medical care sponges & their slave laborers. Got it.
The answer is still NO in spite of the OligarchWhore UniParty.
they are “vulnerable” due to their willingness to come and ‘steal’ our lifestyle by way of being a burden on social services. None of the pictures I have ever seen show ‘vulnerability’. They are clean and well fed, energetic, with expensive I Phones.
They got duped. Yes, it is a huge and painful tragedy, no doubt about it, it was also avoidable.
“Where the banana grows, man is sensual and cruel” attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Wonder what the going rate is for being smuggled into the US? Last I remember it was around $10K. Half a million plus for that trailer load of illegals. Follow the money. People are being paid off to allow this to happen, I’m looking at you Mexico.
Also, our (U.S.) NGO’s in Mexico, Central and South America. Human trafficking, er immigration, is a huge cash register. Remember the masses that marched during PDJT’s term? Their organization and information screamed American lawyers. Those people are still vertical breathing and out there collecting the sweat off our brow. For now.
If you’re an illegal where do you get 10K/person??
Too bad Trump didn’t bomb the cartels…their demise could have put an end to a lot of this.
that 10K US at today’s exchange rate is 200,000 pesos. if poor brown has 200,000 pesos he is not poor.
They work it off as indentured servants, aka slaves.
Family usually pools together funds. Or money they save up.
1/2 down then they send payments every month.
Cartels have family still in their country as
“collateral “.
I could always tell years ago when they got paid…my sister in NC worked at rural convenience store in NC and said same thing….you could tell when it was pay day–lots of money being wired to Mexico and South America!
They get duped if they don’t have the dinero and have to “work it off” Selling drugs, their bodies, you nameit.
Most likely they are told “once you arrive , you’ll be quickly and comfortably flown by airline to a nice new home town in Wyoming or Ohio.” The government pays for it all.
Multiple families living in one house.
Last I heard…last fall. 13- 15K.
Half down then you send remainder to cartel every month.
The cartels have collateral. Family members who are still in the country they left.
“Our prayers are with…”
The wording is indicative of someone who does not pray but wants to virtue signal. The correct way to say it is, “Our prayers are for…”. People who actually pray for others understand the difference.
Nailed it!
we prayed for the “migrants” and their families at group this morning
“But the fact of the matter is… [insert lie here].”
Closed? Like a piece of swiss cheese.
Yet she blames the inporosity of that sieve of a border for this tragedy.
Do not believe what you see with your lying eyes
but believe what you ears hear from the WH.
We should do a pool on when KJP, the WH press, is replaced. Proceeds to Canadian Truckers and J6 political prisoners. KJP is a result of the soft racism of low expectations. I thought WH press secretary traveled with president when he went overseas?
“Proceeds to Canadian Truckers…”
Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich was just arrested again in her Medicine Hat, Alberta home. The Canadian July 1st celebration is this Friday of course in Ottawa etc but she will be “conveniently” in jail. The timing is suspicious.
Jeez. That is the 2nd time. Ridiculous.
I used to think Canada was a nice country but Trudeau must be a great admirer of China. He is really a bad guy….not sure why they re-elected him.
If the boarder is closed how did this truck enter? Who waived it through customs? There’s video. Maybe it swam the Rio Grand.
Yeah. I’ve been wondering about this too.
They may have come across in small groups and individually.
Then the truck met up with them to take to new location?
The survivors will probably be wanting to talk!
I hope so.
For someone to do that to other people.. .heck…even an animal…deserves to be prosecuted to the max!
These excruciating deaths are not worthy of a mention by Biden even though his decisions were a big part of the cause of these deaths. Now that these migrants are dead, they are not potential Dem voters so they’re irrelevant to him.
Instead they will focus on punishing border patrol as those whips are such terrible optics
They’re too busy with the J6 kangaroo court saying that the bad orange man said some bad words………
All democrats own this debacle of human tragedy!!
110%%%
Has there been a bipartisan bill to ban more guns or add more red flag laws passed by the congress again.
We can’t have these tragedies anymore!
Biden and his illegal immigration policies are to blame per Gov Abbott
ttps://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-gov-abbott-biden-responsible-for-deaths-of-50-illegal-immigrants-found-in-truck_4563395.html?
So where is the interpreter ? No speak espanol.
Sure, just vote DEMOCRAT. Are you , f-ing kidding me. Register to vote.
People are dead but never our fault. But hey, she did say prayers needed.
Sad and horrible.
Pray people of GOD pray.
This tragedy is on……
the demOCrats……
and PedoJoe46.
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She’s saying that it’s because the border is “closed” i.e. we don’t just let them in.
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Human smuggling has consequences. How many times does this have to happen before someone steps in?
What I want to know is, why no photo op for the likes of AOC?
These people are worse than pond scum.
“We are going to go after the law breakers who are taking advantage of people who are…. well breaking the law… but only the ones we don’t like” I have it on good authority that the feds are in on the smuggling… just throwing that out there.. discuss.
This could have been prevented if those people tried to enter the USA legally.
Instead they picked the illegal route.
Let’s be real – they picked the most dangerous method to come here but think of the odds………..think of the millions that are getting/have gotten through our borders and are being FLOWN all over the country to wherever they want!!!! While I feel this was a tremendous tragedy, I can’t help but believe that this (illegitimate) administration is solely to blame. When you “say” the border is closed, but it’s wide open for all intents and purposes because you’ve tied the hands of the USBP and ICE – than you are RESPONSIBLE for all of these needless death (as well as human trafficking and God knows what else that goes on while making such a dangerous journey).
FJB
I know this is callous and unfeeling, but these people chose, CHOSE, to enter this country in this manner….where did they get the money..it was a risk and now I am supposed to feel bad about it? Let me repeat: they CHOSE to do this, they had the MONEY to do this…so, why am I supposed to feel compassion?
It’s kind of like the heroin user who ODs on a batch laced too heavy with fentanyl.
I kind of feel bad for them, but mostly it’s sad they chose that path.
No person…or even an animal …needs to die in such a way.
It is a horrible way to die.
she means our borders arent direct easy entrances for illegals
(they are closed to bringing in a 100% freeflow of the North American Union passing through and through)
.. and she means, this is why they are having to do truck smuggling like this – because we arent a North American Union.
Good translation of parseltongue.
How many further disasters will this installed regime preside over before enough people demand an end to it.
To avoid these situations, the White House will be sending loaded gas company credit cards to all living creatures south of the Mexican border to hitch a ride in the future.
An historical perspective to consider. First, in no way am I comparing the two, but I would imagine this number dead here (or more) was probably what was found in each box car as holocaust trains reach their destination.
How about indictments and formal charges for those responsible (Slo Joe, Mayorkas, and Harris)?
Liar.
Amazing how many people have died since these idiots took control illegally. Between the PLandemic, poison shots, fetanol deaths, murders because they hate the police and defunded them. Where is KARMA
Add in the Ukrainian fiasco. A war over nothing that we ignited instead of finding a good agreement that both sides could accept!
Let’s not forget vaxxing
Afghanistan
13 young military lives – completely unnecessarily and through sheer stupidity.
Unfortunately … “I wish that I could tell you that this story is ‘one of a kind.'”
Because it isn’t.
Twenty-so years ago, when I lived in Arizona, identical trailer trucks were found in the borderline deserts, abandoned by “mules.” And the same thing happened every year. 😭
Human Trafficking is both a lucrative and a ruthless crime.
Mike—
You are so right!
And we find bodies in the desert…every year.
Some of the bodies are never “completely ” found.
Four legged coyotes and mountain lion….
Now what we have been experiencing recently are coyotes that are young kids usually 16-17 years old from Phoenix/Tucson. We now call it a loaded vehicle.
They are told to go North.. and go as fast as you can.
Many accidents lately involving them losing control and crashing, high speed chases and also them crashing in to other vehicles.
It’s gotten really bad lately.
Spare me the false bravado, FJB! The deaths and countless others related to your administration’s lack of border enforcement are on your head. May God have mercy on your soul.
Obfuscation.
Focus on criminals…stop criminals, just not by closing the border and enforcing our laws.
God I truly loathe the puppet master(s) of this administration and Congressional members who don’tgive a F!
Also, I cannot stand the new mouthpiece whose only ability is reading and flipping pages.
🤬🤬🤬
I was disgusted to see someone from NGO “Catholic Charities” there yesterday. Talk about people who exploit people. They are nothing but evil headhunters who encourage and profit greatly from every head they bring into our country. Their sorrow was fake, fake, fake.
Such a byatch, the witch who spoke in this video. Register to vote? Calling down hatred upon Abbott. She needs to be removed from the mic. Disgusting! And the other short man as well. What a bunch of jerks.
Abbott had nothing to do with this mess. We know who does and it’s the senile angry old man occupying the White House illegally. The one who stole elections across our country. FRAUDS! ALL Of them.
I would like to have a moment of silence for the 4 who died yesterday in an Amtrack crash in Missouri, and the 50+ others in that crash who were injured or seriously injured.
They are trying to blame Trump;
He closed the border so this smuggling is worse since suffering people must pay human trafficers to get here; if Trump would not have closed the borders, this would not be happening.
Fyi, this is Trump’s fault.
And there are people who will believe this.
Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.