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Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar<\/span> <\/p> <\/div><\/div> <\/div>

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>The discovery of a seventh body along railroad tracks in Bexar County on Monday has expanded an investigation into a human smuggling operation that left six other migrants dead in a shipping container in Laredo.<\/p>

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Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s officials believe the deceased man was part of the same “load” of people discovered Sunday evening at the Union Pacific Railyard in North Laredo. While investigators have not yet confirmed his identity or age, the man was found in possession of a Mexican voter registration card.<\/p>

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What we know:<\/p>

The investigation began Saturday afternoon when a relative in another state received a frantic text message from someone inside the shipping container. The sender reported that they were trapped in a boxcar, it was getting “very, very hot,” and they were in physical distress.<\/p>

Authorities estimate temperatures inside such airtight containers can reach between 120 and 150 degrees.<\/p>

Although the San Antonio Police Department was dispatched following the call, they were sent to a location several miles away and found nothing. It is now believed the person who sent the distress message was among the six victims later found in Laredo.<\/p>

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