{"id":1113,"date":"2026-05-12T15:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:01:22","slug":"6-people-including-14-year-old-found-dead-in-laredo-train-car-likely-killed-by-texas-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1113","title":{"rendered":"6 people, including 14-year-old, found dead in Laredo train car likely killed by Texas heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1111\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/92e4ed4cdd47adcdfa7c655f316c9c53.webp\" width=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/92e4ed4cdd47adcdfa7c655f316c9c53.webp 764w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/92e4ed4cdd47adcdfa7c655f316c9c53-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n <span>article<\/span><\/div> <div><\/div> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>LAREDO, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>Authorities have identified five of the six people found dead inside a shipping container at a South Texas rail yard, including a 14-year-old boy, officials said Tuesday.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1108\">Former NFL quarterback Craig Morton, dies at 83<\/a><\/p> <h2>Migrants found dead in boxcar<\/h2> <!-- --><p>The Latest:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>The victims, discovered Monday evening at the Union Pacific Railyard in North Laredo, include five males and one female. Investigators believe the group originated from Mexico and Honduras, according to a statement from Dr. Corinne Stern, the Webb County Medical Examiner.<\/p> <!-- --><div><p>\n    Related\n  <\/p> <div><div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Six people found dead in train boxcar near Texas-Mexico border\" class=\"wp-image-1110\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/afedd5a3eb507b4a2ee177cfb78f47b1-768x387.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/afedd5a3eb507b4a2ee177cfb78f47b1-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/afedd5a3eb507b4a2ee177cfb78f47b1-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/afedd5a3eb507b4a2ee177cfb78f47b1.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div> <noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Six people found dead in train boxcar near Texas-Mexico border\" class=\"wp-image-1112\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aba77c211b6f7584eff9b9e0781b0621.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aba77c211b6f7584eff9b9e0781b0621.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aba77c211b6f7584eff9b9e0781b0621-300x151.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div> <span>article<\/span><\/div><\/div> <div><h3>Six people found dead in train boxcar near Texas-Mexico border<\/h3> <p>Authorities in South Texas are investigating a grim discovery after six people were found dead Monday inside a rail car near the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Among those identified are a 14-year-old boy and a 24-year-old man, both from Honduras. The other identified victims are from Mexico: a 29-year-old woman, a 45-year-old man, and a 56-year-old man. The identity of the sixth person has not yet been confirmed.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1105\">CPI report: April inflation jumped at fastest rate in three years<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Initial medical examinations determined the female victim died of hyperthermia. While formal exams for the remaining five individuals are pending completion Tuesday, Stern said it is highly probable that heat exhaustion was the cause of death for the entire group.<\/p> <!-- --><p>The Medical Examiner\u2019s Office is coordinating with the Mexican Consulate to notify next of kin and facilitate the repatriation of the bodies.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Dig deeper:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Laredo, located on the U.S.-Mexico border, is a major hub for rail and truck traffic, and has frequently been the site of tragedies involving migrants attempting to travel north in confined, unventilated spaces.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1102\">Houston weather forecast: Very warm, rain-free pattern settles in<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have identified five of the six people found dead inside a shipping container at a South Texas rail yard, including a 14-year-old boy, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,12,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration","category-texas","category-u-s-border-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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