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| Eight people found dead in trailer outside San Antonio Walmart | Eight people found dead in trailer outside San Antonio Walmart |
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| Eight people have been found dead in a tractor-trailer outside a Walmart in Texas in what police are calling a human trafficking case. | Eight people have been found dead in a tractor-trailer outside a Walmart in Texas in what police are calling a human trafficking case. |
| Several other people, possibly dozens, were found in the truck, which didn’t have a working air conditioning system despite blistering temperatures that topped 100 degrees fahrenheit, and they were taken to hospitals, firefighters said. Authorities said the driver had been held, but they didn’t release the driver’s identity. | |
| San Antonio police said a Walmart employee was approached in a parking lot by a person from the truck who was asking for water late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning. Police said the employee gave the person the water and then called the authorities. When they arrived they found the eight people dead in the back of the trailer. | San Antonio police said a Walmart employee was approached in a parking lot by a person from the truck who was asking for water late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning. Police said the employee gave the person the water and then called the authorities. When they arrived they found the eight people dead in the back of the trailer. |
| Police say they checked surveillance video footage, which showed vehicles had arrived and picked up other people from the tractor-trailer. They said they were “looking at a human trafficking crime”. | Police say they checked surveillance video footage, which showed vehicles had arrived and picked up other people from the tractor-trailer. They said they were “looking at a human trafficking crime”. |
| Police say the US Department of Homeland Security is involved in the investigation into what happened. | Police say the US Department of Homeland Security is involved in the investigation into what happened. |
| The National Weather Service’s local office said the temperature in San Antonio hit 101 degrees just before 5pm on Saturday and didn’t dip below 90 degrees until after 10pm. |