Body found near Bexar County railroad believed to be connected to Laredo boxcar deaths, sheriff says

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Authorities believe a body found near railroad tracks in southwest Bexar County is connected to the six people found dead inside a boxcar in Laredo over the weekend, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a news conference Monday.

Around 1:30 p.m., Union Pacific Railroad police found a male’s body near Pue and Wolf roads, just outside Loop 1604.

The six bodies in Laredo were discovered in a potential human smuggling event Sunday afternoon during an inspection at a rail yard in the 12000 block of Jim Young Way, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

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