Suspected human smugglers reportedly led authorities to a high-speed chase that ended in a fatal crash Thursday in the same Texas city where the scandalous truck for the deaths of migrants passed through an immigration checkpoint earlier in the week.
A vehicle believed to be transporting migrants was being chased by border patrols when it went out of control and crashed into the back of a tow truck trailer in Encinal, KHOU TV reported.
Four people were killed and three were injured in a collision near the Love’s truck stop on Route 44, Ensinal police said.
Encinal cops, who responded to a request for assistance from the border patrol, saw the “suspicious vehicle” collide with I-35 and crash into the trailer of the tractor, which was not moving, said police chief Pablo Balboa III in a prepared statement.
A photo posted online by KHOU appears to show a confused white SUV among the wreckage.
The speeding driver was among the dead, and the injured were taken by helicopter to local hospitals, police said.
The vehicle crashed into a parked tow truck trailer near a gas station.Twitter/@TxDPSSouth Border Patrol agents chased a vehicle allegedly transporting migrants until it crashed into a tow truck trailer in Encinal, Texas. KHOU
On Monday, a truck carrying 64 migrants in its hot trailer passed through the border checkpoint in Encinal with a surveillance camera that allegedly captured 45-year-old Homero Samorano, grinning as he leaned out of the driver’s window. .
The truck was later abandoned in a remote area of San Antonio, with authorities finding “piles of bodies” inside and a total of 48 dead.
The death toll now stands at 53 of the 64 migrants crammed into the trailer, and Samorano – who is said to have been “very rich in methamphetamine” when he was caught nearby – faces a federal smuggling charge. of people, which can lead to the death penalty.
Police confirmed that the driver of the car died in the accident. KHOU It is not known whether the victims of the accident are migrants. KHOU
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly blamed President Biden for the horrific incident, saying Wednesday that the trailer was not inspected at the Encinal, “because the Border Patrol does not have the resources to inspect all trucks and as a result the Border Patrol does not have the ability to spa.” lives. “
Abbott also said he would “immediately” set up state-run checkpoints to check for trucks smuggling migrants and deploy two “strike teams” to bypass the highways for trucks carrying migrants, and to search the “smugglers’ hideout”.
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